A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison after he was found guilty of the murder of a disabled U.S. Army veteran, according to the 8th Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
Five years ago, Onofrio “No-No” Zicari visited the spot where he spent the worst hours of his life. Now, at 101, he’s ready to go back for the 80th anniversary of the perilous fight. “I thought maybe it would be the best thing for me to do,” Zicari said. “The good Lord is keeping me alive for a reason.”
A judge has ordered a Marine Corps veteran and former militia member Russell Vane to remain jailed pending trial on charges he attempted to make ricin, a biological toxin.
Henry Cervantes was a Fresno-born, 19-year-old son of Mexican farmworkers when the Navy told him in 1942 that he could not fight for his country. He found a spot instead in the Army and the Army Air Force, where he flew more than two dozen missions as part of the “Bloody 100th” Bomb Group.
Donald Stern, a WWII pilot who flew 32 combat missions in Europe had a wish for his 101st birthday — to fly once again in a small plane. He fulfilled his dream Thursday sitting in the front passenger’s seat for a 40-minute flight aboard a Cessna Skyhawk that soared above the Statue of Liberty and other landmarks.
Fifteen million veterans were notified by the Department of Veterans Affairs this week that a cybersecurity breach involving one of its vendors might have exposed their private health care information
An 18-year-old Minnesota man now faces an upgraded charge of manslaughter for killing a Vietnam vet with a punch at Harriet Island Regional Park in late January.
Before completing his senior year of high school in Beckley, Billy F. Garretson left to join the U.S. Army, serving from 1958 to 1964. Though he graduated from a military academy, worked as a minister for decades and earned other educational certificates, a high school diploma always eluded him.
Jack Huffman’s past two trips across the country and his current trek have been fundraisers for the Fallen and Wounded Soldiers Fund, a Michigan-based nonprofit organization helping to cover living and healthcare costs to wounded veterans, as well as assistance to the families of those who have fallen.
Retired Air Force Lt. Col. John Paradis, a volunteer with the Easthampton Coalition for Veteran Wellness and Building Bridges Veterans Initiative and one of the driving forces behind the monthly lunches, says “we’re striving to get back to the essence of what it meant for us as service members.”