housing
City continues to look at vets’ housing issues
He previously met with the director of Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs to help make a list of homeless veterans in the city and work
February 20, 2019
9:48 am
Category: News
Korean veterans
War Stories: Don Haag
In our weekly War Stories series, we introduce you to the stories of Central Oregon war veterans, some who made it back from their war
February 19, 2019
3:49 pm
Resource event center to enter 10th year of helping veterans
The co-leads for the Stand Down for Veterans Event say it’s a humanitarian … “So these tree air fresheners, they’re based off the trees on
February 19, 2019
3:20 pm
VSOs
VA’s Appeals Modernization Act takes effect today
Today the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that it has implemented the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017, which was signed
February 19, 2019
1:28 pm
Flags honoring fallen veterans go missing
EAGLE POINT, Ore. — Residents in Eagle Point were outraged after realizing American flags that once draped the caskets of fallen veterans went … Views: 23
February 18, 2019
5:41 pm
WWII veterans
Sailor Who Kissed Woman in Iconic Times Square V-J Day Photo Dies at 95
(PROVIDENCE, R.I.) — The ecstatic sailor shown kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II died Sunday. George Mendonsa was
February 18, 2019
8:18 am
Why do we serve our country?
I thanked her for her thinking about our veterans and asked if she or her family had also served our country. It turns out that
February 16, 2019
11:07 pm
How Writing Helps Heal Portland Veterans
On Saturday, January 26, 2019, more than 40 veterans, family members, VA caregivers, and members of the community attended a writing retreat facilitated by Kim
February 15, 2019
4:00 pm
No family would be at a WWII veteran’s Valentine’s Day funeral. So, hundreds of strangers showed up
James McCue, a “highly decorated” WWI veteran who served with the Army, could have been buried with few witnesses. A Mass. community changed that. Views:
February 15, 2019
5:57 am
WWI veterans
The Harlem Hellfighters show that diversity is America’s advantage in both war and peace
A century ago, on Feb. 17, 1919, the U.S. Army’s 369th Infantry Regiment, nearly 3,000 African American soldiers and known as the Harlem Hellfighters, returned
February 15, 2019
3:05 am
Our Veteran U.S. Presidents
The majority of our nation’s presidents hold the distinction of once being called a Veteran before they ever held the title of Commander-in-Chief. The following facts
February 14, 2019
6:27 am
education
VA seeks training providers to ready Veterans for high-tech careers
VA announced it is inviting training providers to participate in a new pilot program to prepare Veterans for careers in the high-tech workforce. The Veteran Employment
February 14, 2019
3:36 am