Opposing Civil War Veterans Met in Peace 50 Years After the Battle of Gettysburg Some 53,000 veterans of the Battle of Gettysburg came together in 1913, 50 years after the battle ended.
This War of 1812 Veteran Saw the Battle of Gettysburg from His Porch – Then Joined It Your average 69-year-old might be happy to ride out his golden years from a rocking chair, but not John Burns.
A World War II Veteran Escaped from a Nursing Home for the 70th Anniversary of D-Day After being denied a trip to return to Normandy for the 70th anniversary of the event with the Royal British Legion, World...
America's Most Decorated Native American Veteran Was Wounded In Three Wars Despite the troubled history between native tribes and the U.S. government, American Indians have served in every major...
9 Veterans Who Made Headlines This Year It was a wild year for headlines: Veteran names and efforts splashed across front pages around the world -- for better or...
New York City Built a WWI Victory Monument Out of 85,000 German Helmets New Yorkers hosted the nation's World War I victory celebration in 1919. Being part of the winning team in the "War to End...
The First Air Force Pilot to Die Chasing a UFO Was Actually Chasing a Secret Balloon Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt took his work seriously, even if the American press chuckled about "flying saucers."
6 More Ghost Stories from the Most Haunted Place in the US Military The island of Okinawa, Japan, is arguably the most haunted duty station U.S. military members can be sent to.
2021 Marks the Centennial Anniversary of the Return of the Unknown Soldier On Nov. 9, 1921, World War I's Unknown Soldier arrived in Washington Navy Yard aboard the USS Olympia.
The American Legion Voted for America's Top 25 Most Beloved Veterans The U.S. has no shortage of famous and beloved veterans.
Harvard to Offer Full Rides to 50 Veterans and Civil Servants for Master's Degrees in Public Policy The $100,000 fellowships are being offered at a time when the school has come under attack from President Donald Trump, who...
Fort Hood Senior Noncommissioned Officer Arrested a Second Time on Child Sex Assault Charges Sgt. Maj. Victor Manuel Rivera was arrested on June 18 and released on a $90,000 bond on June 30. He is facing a first-degree...
Trump Taps Air Force and Space Force Generals as Next Service Vice Chiefs Nominations were put in front of the Senate for Space Force Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton and Air Force Gen. Thomas Bussiere to...
The New VA Budget Pushes to Privatize Care, Risking the Veterans Health System "We are watching the slow dismantling of the VA from the inside out, buried in a budget document. If left unchecked, this...
21-Year-Old Soldier Hacked Databases, Threatened to Leak Stolen Data, Feds Say John Wagenius was stationed at Fort Cavazo and at a U.S. Army base in South Korea throughout the scheme between April 2023...
![](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-10/1time%20disappearing%20lady%201200.jpg?itok=1-g9q__5 "The "disappearing lady" asks taxi drivers and security forces on Kadena Air Base for a ride, but disappears before she can tell them where she's going.")
