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Kerry D. Steuart enlisted in the U.S. Air Force with plans for a long military career. But things didn’t go as planned. He was medically discharged only eight years into what he thought would be decades of service. Soon after, the Gulf War veteran began battling post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in addition to his physical challenges. &ld...
“I found my mission in helping my fellow brothers and sisters when I lost a former soldier from suicide,” said U.S. Army veteran Derrick Brooks. “I never lost a soldier in combat. To come home and lose one by his own hand – why survive the war, just to go out like that?!” The tragic death weighed heavily on Brooks, who...
Christopher Boehm served in the U.S. Army for eight years. After returning home, he realized his video game passion could be a way to help fellow service members. Boehm is a member of VFW Post 5059 in Turlock, California, and has loved video games most of his life. “I have played video games since the Magnavox Odyssey came out in the 70s. Coi...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and Sport Clips Haircuts are teaming up to host the first-ever virtual VFW Sport Clips Help A Hero Walk, offering supporters a new way to engage with Sport Clips’ annual Help A Hero campaign. The annual Help A Hero campaign, which kicks off in-store on Oct. 12, helps raise awareness ...
A VFW Post in Philadelphia received a Certificate of Appreciation from a Pennsylvania Army National Guard on June 7 for helping conduct COVID-19 tests. Through the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the Pennsylvania National Guard have conducted coronavirus testing for the public. A part of Task Force Associator, soldiers from 1st Bn., 111th Inf. Regt.,...
VFW Commander-in-Chief Hal Roesch on Sept. 4 presented the VFW Life Saving Award to two Louisiana deputies for saving a man’s life in late June. Roesch presented the award to St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies Alexis Agnelly and Paul Quick at the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Department in Luling, La. Since 2013, VFW has ...
A VFW Post in San Antonio, Texas, pioneered a way to welcome younger veterans, provide an alternative way for members to build camaraderie and even treat varying levels of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Led by Post Commander Bill Smith, a retired Army veteran who deployed both to Afghanistan and Iraq during his 32-year military career, Post...
More than 50 years since a firefight killed one and led the other to singlehandedly save his 16-man platoon, Lynwood Thornton and Harold Jantz received their long-awaited decorations last year. Thornton and Jantz of the Army’s 1st Platoon, Bravo Co., 3rd Bttn., 7th Inf., 199th Light Infantry Brigade, each received the Bronze Star during separ...
VFW Post 4250 in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, surprised its oldest living member with a birthday celebration and homage on Aug 10. Members of the Post joined friends and neighbors in crafting a parade laden with cars, floats and golf carts, bringing it to World War II veteran Lou DeBiasio’s doorstep in celebration of his 105th birthday. “...
I was going through some old files in a box in my attic and found a story I saved in 1992 for some reason which I forget at the moment. I did not know who the author was at the time, but have since learned he is Dr. Harry Clarke Noyes. The title is, “The Goose Story.” When fall arrives and you look up to the sky you see and hear geese f...
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