Frank Woodruff Buckles, the last known living American-born veteran of World War I, was honored Sunday at the Liberty Memorial during Memorial Day weekend celebrations. picked by doggylives 5 months ago

A 90-year-old war veteran suffering from ten complaints including bowel cancer, dementia and non-Hodgkins lymphoma has been denied NHS nursing care and told that he must pay the £600-a-week bill himself. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Iraq war veteran Sgt. Juan Arredondo can grasp tennis balls and door knobs with his left hand again, now that he's been outfitted with a bionic hand that has flexible fingers. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Korean War veteran comes back to life, writes book. picked by arsphidius 6 months ago

interesting range of replies, from serious to joking, from non-committal to quite open and honest. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

A bipartisan group of lawmakers including a Democratic presidential hopeful is calling on the makers of video games to review the industry's ratings system. picked by punthe 11 months ago

The widows of two Veterans are sueing over the lack of a pentagram to place on their husbands tombstones saying that it is unconstitutional for them to not be able to express their religous beliefs. picked by escaflowne 2 years ago

Five teenage girls spraypainted anti-Anzac (Aussie Veteran's Day) slogans on a war memorial hours before the Anzac Day dawn service was due to begin. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

Daryl Holton, 45, a Gulf war veteran who murdered his three sons and their half-sister with an assault rifle after promising them a Christmas surprise, was the first inmate to be electrocuted in the state of Tennessee since 1960. picked by muppet 1 year ago

Bomb squad disposes of live rocket on display in veterans' museum. picked by cb__ 9 months ago

He lied about his age to get in. He was 15 years old at the time. You don't see too many kids out there today trying to do that.

/Salute Frank Woodruff Buckles picked by moe 7 months ago

He and his buddy solicited scrap metal from people claiming they were using to erect a statue to Iraq War vets. They kept the cash, but a judge who uses his brain handed out the right punishment! picked by Moe 1 year ago

Glad to see our senators HARD at work. I guess if the detainee had three testicles our esteemed senators would have to go into another session. Got to love it... our senators debating about how much amperage allowed per testicle. I wonder how they came up with 100 amps or less per testicle. picked by kcaptk 2 years ago

Lex, a U.S. military dog whose handler and best friend was killed in Iraq gets a new assignment on Friday: retirement with the late Marine's family. picked by mandolinorange 10 months ago

Next week, paralyzed man wins marathon. picked by Moogle 6 months ago

A bill from the Department of Defense to Jordan Fox, demanding he re-pay $2,848.04 of his Army signing bonus because he failed to fulfill his tour. Fox was sent home early because he'd been wounded by an IED, costing him the sight in his right eye. After learning of the error, the bill was waived. picked by dollyllama 11 months ago

After two periods, the Sens looked like they had control, up one goal going into the third, but the Ducks poured on the pressure and took Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals with a score of 3-2. picked by thebassman 1 year ago

A Nebraska National Guard soldier recently back from Iraq is fighting an eviction notice from his landlord. picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

J. Russell Coffey died yesterday at the age of 109. He enlisted in the Army in October 1918 while a student at Ohio State University. picked by mandolinorange 10 months ago

The VA's initial assessment of Ziegel's disabilities shocked him -- from facial disfigurement rated at 80 percent to a mere 10 percent for his head trauma. picked by dollyllama 10 months ago