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On National Medal of Honor Day, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Charles Coolidge, one of two living Medal of Honor recipients from World War II.
The post #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Charles Coolidge appeared first on VAntage Point. Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Joseph Kievernagel, who served on the USS Forrestal during the July 29, 1967, fire.
The post #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Joseph Kievernagel appeared first on VAntage Point. Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Iris Cummings Critchell, who served in as a Women Airforce Service Pilot during World War II.
The post #VeteranOfTheDay Army Air Forces Veteran Iris Cummings Critchell appeared first on VAntage Point. Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Thomas Frederick Seebode, who served as a pilot from 1960 to 1987 and earned a Silver Star.
The post #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Thomas Seebode appeared first on VAntage Point. Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Bernadette “Bernie” Bachman, who served in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service during World War II.
The post #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Bernadette “Bernie” Bachman appeared first on VAntage Point.Veteran of the Day – VAntage Point Official Blog of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
This #OperationSong spotlights “No Cinderella” by Army Veteran Lory Gatter and Jenn Franklin. Gatter wrote about overcoming traumatic experiences.
The post #OperationSong: No Cinderella by Army Veteran Lory Gatter appeared first on VAntage Point. Army Veteran Sam French co-wrote “I Fly” with Don Goodman and Matt Dame. The song opens with French remembering that, like most males of his generation, he was drafted into service. French was just 21 in 1969, and he “wanted to have a choice, didn't want to be one of those front line-boys."
The post #OperationSong: “I Fly” by Sam French appeared first on VAntage Point. In his song “Still Over There,” Air Force and Navy Veteran Franklin Tootle sings about his fight with PTSD.
The post #OperationSong: “Still Over There” by Franklin Tootle appeared first on VAntage Point. Army Veteran Michael Peterson from Richmond VA Medical Center and nine other Veterans turned their military experiences into songs at a workshop in Nashville presented by nonprofit Operation Song.
The post Veteran turns his story into song appeared first on VAntage Point. Operation Song empowers Veterans to tell their stories through songwriting.
The post Veterans go to Nashville for songwriting retreat appeared first on VAntage Point.Operation Song – VAntage Point Official Blog of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Colonel Charles Beckwith was a Special Forces officer who founded the secretive special operations unit known as Delta Force.
The post Charles Beckwith: The Father of Delta Force appeared first on VAntage Point. Clifton Arnesen enlisted to escape his troubled childhood but was discharged due to his sexuality. Later he became an advocate for LGBT troops.
The post Clifton Arnesen: Love against hate appeared first on VAntage Point. Richard DeLeon thought that his upbringing in New York had toughened him up, but everything he saw on those streets could not compare with the battlefields of Vietnam.
The post Richard DeLeon: Return from the Edge appeared first on VAntage Point. The factors that decide fate can rarely, if ever, be identified. In the case of Elliott Hugh Lee, the factor of one half-inch is what changed his life. In 1915, Lee was a recent graduate of Princeton eager to do his part for his country. Though things beyond his control altered his original path, Lee never lost sight of his goal to serve his country. Lee served both France—a country he came to care about genuinely—and his own country in the war on the Western Front. He continued his service long after the end of the war. Lee was born …
The post The Ambulance Driver: Elliot Hugh Lee appeared first on VAntage Point. Marine Corps Private Giles McCoy survived for nearly four days after he sinking of the USS Indianapolis in the shark-infested Philippine Sea.
The post Giles McCoy: Surviving adrift in the Philippine Sea appeared first on VAntage Point.Veteran Story – VAntage Point Official Blog of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Independence@Home is a new emergency program from the Independence Fund, helping catastrophically injured Veterans, their families and caregivers.
The post Independence@Home emergency program helps wounded Veterans appeared first on VAntage Point. Through its national network of cooperating libraries, the National Library Service circulates books and magazines for disabled Veterans.
The post Free audio books for Veterans with disabilities appeared first on VAntage Point. VA’s Knowledge Management (KM) Solution has reached a record 100,000 users who have visited nearly 20,000 KM articles about VA benefits, services, and claims processing. VA's KM is accessible online to Veterans, their families, caregivers and survivors.
The post 100K VA employees are now using VA’s Knowledge Management solution appeared first on VAntage Point. Code of Support's PATRIOTlink database allows Veterans in need and their family members to search for free resources in their community.
The post Veterans can search free resources through Code of Support’s PATRIOTlink appeared first on VAntage Point. VA and RallyPoint teamed up for a #VetResources Facebook Live on Tuesday, February 25th to discuss how they create online communities for Veterans.
The post ICYMI: Finding #VetResources through online communities appeared first on VAntage Point.#VetResources – VAntage Point Official Blog of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
As the COVID-19 situation unfolds in the U.S., VA needs retired VA and federal clinicians to help continue providing Veterans the highest level of care.
The post VA to retired federal health care clinicians: Help us fight COVID-19 appeared first on VAntage Point. National Vietnam War Veterans Day is March 29. Organizers canceled or postponed many events to slow the spread of COVID-19 through social distancing. Veterans are encouraged to stay connected and participate in virtual events.
The post Veterans can attend virtual events for National Vietnam War Veterans Day appeared first on VAntage Point. Independence@Home is a new emergency program from the Independence Fund, helping catastrophically injured Veterans, their families and caregivers.
The post Independence@Home emergency program helps wounded Veterans appeared first on VAntage Point. This Borne the Battle podcast features updates on resources for Veterans and VA's response to the Coronavirus, through March 25, 2020.
The post Borne the Battle: Coronavirus updates 3/12-3/25 appeared first on VAntage Point. On National Medal of Honor Day, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Charles Coolidge, one of two living Medal of Honor recipients from World War II.
The post #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Charles Coolidge appeared first on VAntage Point.VAntage Point Official Blog of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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