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A WWII veteran meets the man who found and returned his long-lost bracelet

A Czech hobbyist who returned a Colorado veteran's bracelet he found at a former World War II prisoner of war camp finally got to meet the veteran, traveling halfway around the world to do so.

Candles are lit on each tombstone of the Commonwealth war cemetery of Banneville-La-Campagne, Normandy, France, during a ceremony as part of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Tuesday, June 4, 2024.

Remaining WWII veterans return to the beaches of Normandy for the 80th anniversary of D-Day

OMAHA BEACH, France — Under their feet, the sands of Omaha Beach, and in their rheumy eyes, tears that inevitably flowed from being on the revered shoreline in Normandy, France, where so many American young men were cut down 80 years ago on D-Day.Veterans of World War II, many of them centenarians and likely returning to France for one last time, pilgrimaged Tuesday to what was the bloodiest of five Allied landing beaches on June 6, 1944. They remembered fallen friends. They relived horrors they experienced in combat. They blessed their good fortune for surviving. And they mourned those who paid the ultimate price.They also bore a message for generations behind them, who owe them so much: Don’t forget what we did.

Trump’s Trans Ban: South Florida’s Trans Veterans, Community Respond

In three tweets this week President Donald Trump declared an all-out ban on "transgender individuals" serving in the military. Military leaders responded…

In Debut Novel, Air Force Officer Questions How We Honor Our Veterans

Jesse Goolsby, author of I'd Walk with My Friends If I Could Find Them, says it's not only a question of appreciation. "We just want a conversation about what our country asks of us," Goolsby says.

As Veterans Courts grow, One Man's Story Out of Homelessness and Away from Jail

Florida has the second highest population of veterans in the U.S., nearly 1.6 million people. It’s estimated that one in five vets of recent conflicts…

After 20 years of armed conflict, the United States pulled the last of its remaining troops out of Afghanistan last August. The Taliban quickly took the country by force, leaving many Afghans concerned about an uncertain future. One year later, American veterans are still trying to wrap their heads around the nation's longest war.

A year after the Taliban takeover, U.S. veterans worry about the Afghan people

This week marks one year since the abrupt end of the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. U.S. veterans are still trying to come to terms with the collapse of the mission.

Army veteran and Fort Peck tribal member Jestin Dupree helps Native veterans on the reservation get the medical help they need.

One Native veteran's new mission: Fill in the gaps of VA care on his reservation

Five-tour combat veteran Jestin Dupree works for the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes on the Fort Peck reservation in Montana. He aims to fill in gaps in VA care that often leave Native veterans behind.

The Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota delivers a speech following an address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023.

Canada's House speaker has stepped down after inviting a Nazi veteran to Parliament

Just after Ukrainian President Zelenskyy gave an address in the House of Commons, Canadian lawmakers gave 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka a standing ovation when the House speaker drew attention to him.

Jorel Wester and Betsy were paired together by K9s for Warriors nearly five years ago. "After about a year, she was almost like my right hand — she knew what needed to be done," Wester said.

Service dogs are helping veterans with PTSD. A new bill would help expand access

A group of Congressional lawmakers wants to funnel millions of dollars toward organizations that pair service dogs with veterans with PTSD. The aim is to curb alarming rates of suicide among veterans.

Some 1,892 American flags are installed on the National Mall in Washington, DC in 2014. The Iraq and Afghanistan veterans installed the flags to represent the 1,892 veterans and service members who committed suicide this year as part of the "We've Got Your Back: IAVA's Campaign to Combat Suicide."

America’s Warrior Partnership aims to connect with suffering veterans before a tragedy occurs

Research done by America’s Warrior Partnership implies that former service members commit suicide at a rate 2.4 times greater than reported by the Department of Veterans Affairs. AWP has taken information from its Operation Deep Dive study and applied it to reach veterans before it’s too late. A senior analyst at the Veterans Healthcare Policy Institute said the AWP study is flawed and misleading.

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