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Cover Story: Keeping Home Fires Burning As Reserves are Called Up, Their Employers Scramble
With the prospect of war with Iraq increasing, 168,083 Army Reserve and National Guard members had been called to active duty as of Wednesday, a move that has had an immediate impact not only on personal lives but in the workplace.
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Cover Story: Bob Hope
American entertainment icon Bob Hope may be getting on in years - he's 99 now - but he continues his unerring support of U.S. troops assigned stateside and deployed around the world. For more than half a century, the master of the one-liner, the "ambassador of good will," one of the most celebrated entertainers of the 20th century, has brought laughter and solace to GI's. Former Marine Corps Commandant General Carl E. Mundy, Jr., paid him perhaps the ultimate compliment, referring to Hope as "this magnificent soldier in greasepaint."
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Cover Story: Red Cross - We're Here for the Troops
Marsha J. "Marty" Evans wants to get the word out to service members and their families across the United States and around the globe: "If your family needs to reach you in an emergency, the American Red Cross will be there."
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Cover Story: 'The American Soldier'
It seems timely this Veterans' Day to reprint the following, which first ran in the Columbian Centinel, Issue No. 2,432, published in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 22, 1807.
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Cover Story: When Professional Athletes Went to War
When Pat Tillman, the hard-charging safety for the Arizona Cardinals, relinquished a multi-million dollar contract to join the Army with the professed goal of making it as a Ranger, he immediately became an anomaly: In this era of pampered, million-dollar ballplayers, he is a throwback to an earlier age, when the best athletes in America gave some of the best years of their professional careers to serve in the Armed Forces during a time of war.
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Cover Story: Our Trip to Normandy
My husband, Albert, who served with the 1st Engineer Special Brigade, landed on Utah beach at D plus four hours. Although he never spoke to his family about his experience there, when he would get together with one of his Army buddies, they would reminisce about their times in Africa, England, France, and finally Okinawa, and remember funny stories but not the gun fire.
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Cover Story: Florence Aby Blanchfield, 1882-1971
As superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps from 1943 to 1947, and the first woman to be commissioned in the regular army of the United States, Florence Aby Blanchfield was among the most respected nurse leaders of the twentieth century. Devoting a significant part of her illustrious career to serving her country, Blanchfield’s military experiences included meritorious service in World War I and World War II.
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Cover Story: A Time for Remembrance
For many, last week’s “Rolling Thunder” motorcycle ride on Washington D.C. was a time to shine the spotlight on the unresolved issues of MIAs and POWs. For others, it was an opportunity to remember those who paid the ultimate price in the Vietnam War.
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Cover Story: The Origin of Memorial Day
Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. There are many stories as to its actual beginnings, with more than two dozen cities and towns laying claim to being the birthplace of Memorial Day.
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Cover Story: Veterans Advantage Makes Special Memorial Day Donation
Veterans Advantage, a nationwide membership program providing private-sector benefits for Veterans and their families, announced today it will be attending the 15th anniversary ‘Rolling Thunder’ motorcycle ride in Washington D.C. this Memorial Day Weekend, and is honoring the spirit of the cause by donating 25% of all membership fees generated at the event to the ride organizers.Military & Veterans News
Cover Story: Setting the Record Straight on POW Frauds, Imposters, and Wannabes
As the image of the Vietnam veteran has achieved a startling transformation from pariah to status symbol over the past fifteen years, the number of frauds and wannabes claiming to have served in Southeast Asia - in "special ops" and "clandestine activities" - has proliferated.
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Cover Story: Veterans Advantage Members Enjoy Free Private Screenings of Blockbuster Movies
The spirit of the battles past is alive and well among theatergoers nationwide who are flocking to see ‘Hart’s War’ and ‘We Were Soldiers,’ dramatic films starring Bruce Willis and Mel Gibson, respectively. Veterans Advantage provided advanced screenings last month free of charge, before the nationwide rollout of the films, for Veterans Advantage members in the Washington DC area.
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Cover Story: 60 Years Later, Remembering Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, the world changed. American service members based in Hawaii saw that seminal moment in history, and those alive today still vividly remember that Sunday morning 60 years ago.
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Cover Story: For Emma Lampert, 'Miss USO 2001,' Singing for the Troops Has Been a Blast
Emma Lampert never knew that one of her "absolutely favorite aunts," Frances Conti, had been a performer. "She was very funny," Emma remembers. "She had a Lucille Ball-ish personality. She was always singing and tap dancing. When she died, she was even buried in her red tap shoes."
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Cover Story: A Rebuilt Vietnam Veterans Plaza Is Rededicated in New York City
The Friday before Veterans Day dawned brisk and bright, auguring a near perfect Indian summer day to dedicate the reconstructed Vietnam Veterans Plaza in downtown Manhattan, and to rededicate the glass block-and-granite memorial that is the centerpiece of the plaza.
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Cover Story: Bill Broyles Joins Veterans Advantage Board of Advisors
PENN Award-winning author and screenwriter William Broyles, Jr. has joined the Board of Advisors of VeteransAdvantage, the Company’s Founder and CEO, Scott Higgins, has announced.
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Cover Story: DoD Secretary Offers Encouragement In Veterans Day Speech
Because of the ongoing worldwide war against terrorists, this Veterans Day is different from previous years. The events since the attack on our nation -- and on world order itself -- gave rise to a fresh appreciation for those in uniform. Since September, Americans young and old alike have instinctively turned to our military as the symbolic, yet also very real, source of national strength.
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Cover Story: History Channel to Air 'A Veterans Story' Films
When John Kormann’s children and grandchildren gathered in front of the TV to watch a video one recent evening, they thought of Kormann as "Dad" and "Gramps." Forty minutes later, their eyes brimming with tears, they clustered about the veteran, reverently calling him "Hero." The video, "A Veteran’s Story -- John Kormann" was a personalized documentary of Kormann’s World War II service in what was then the 17th Airborne Division.
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Cover Story: Gettysburg
On June 3, 1863, a month after his dramatic victory at Chancellorsville, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee began marching his Army of Northern Virginia westward from its camps around Fredericksburg, Va.
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Cover Story: James Lee Burke
"Most of my dreams about Vietnam were nightmares that at one time made me fear sleep. I used to drink three beers before bed so I would sleep through to the morning. But now somebody was carrying me in the warm rain and I knew that I was once again in the loving care of the soldiers in my platoon. I had heard the klatch under my foot in the dark on the jungle trail; then, as though I were a spectator rather than a participant, I saw myself covered with cobalt light, my body crawl with electricity, my soul light the trees like an enormous candle." -- from The Neon Rain
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Cover Story: The Military Artwork of Richard Rezac
John Rezac has had a long and productive career as a professional photographic retoucher and illustrator. Working with state-of-the-art imaging computers, he digitally manipulates images for such clients as Vogue International, Coca Cola, and Anheuser Busch.
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Cover Story: Honoring African-American Korean War Veterans
The Defense Department honored African-American Korean War veterans here July 23 in a three-part commemoration starting at the Tomb of the Unknowns.
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Cover Story: Why Civilian Control of the Military?
Civilian control of the military is so ingrained in America that we hardly give it a second thought. Most Americans don’t realize how special this relationship is and how it has contributed to the country.
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Cover Story: Hiroshi H. Miyamura
War is a destructive, bleak picture that can make the skies of any canvas gray. For the picture to brighten it takes the heroism of a few ordinary men who look into the face of death, take on the challenges that break most men, and persevere.