As 91-year-old John Jack Potter faced eviction from the house he built and lived in for 56 years, his granddaughter decided to act. She set up a donation campaign on the website, Go Fund Me, and her story about the WWII combat vet losing his home attracted more than 5000 people who gave $138,000.
They volunteered for Iraq and Afghanistan. Now they are volunteering to help people in Oklahoma to dig out from utter devastation. These veterans have answered the call for duty because their drive toward service and helping their country has not ended just because they hung up their uniform.
A call for help from a homeless veteran turned into an outpouring of support as dozens of leather-wearing bikers stepped up with baby supplies just two weeks before the expected birth.
On October 24th, Michael Cali Moore, a National Guardsman, sent Dan, the anonymous founder of the Facebook page Awesome Sh*t My Drill Sergeant Said a message concerning another Guardsman who was planning on killing himself that night.
Ben Overstreet badly wanted to play football, but when he started his senior year at Gulf High School in 1949, he stood 5-feet-5 and weighed 105 pounds. He became the equipment manager and water boy. His heroic journey came later, after joining the Air Force and flying missions over Vietnam.
Afghanistan war veteran Cpl. Juan Dominguez has a new smart home adapted to his combat injuries, thanks to money raised by actor Gary Sinise and the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation. The home, which contains an elevator, self-flushing toilets, lighting controlled with an iPad, and easy-open cabinets and doors, will give him and his wife a second chance at life.
Sgt. Davin Dumar gave a lot to his country when he lost a leg last year in combat in Afghanistan, and people like Kid Rock wanted to thank him. On Saturday in Michigan, Kid Rock joined Operation Finally Home in presenting Dumar and his new wife with a free new home. The rocker along with members of the Dumar family hid inside a model home to surprise the young couple. (Video)
The Automotivation program began eight years ago after the founder of San Antonio-based Operation Comfort talked with a soldier in Brooke Army Medical Center's burn ward. She said to the badly burned Aaron, What on earth can I do to make you use what hands you've got? He replied, If you put an engine block out there on that patio area I'd be working on it 24/7.
Just two years after losing all four limbs in an explosion in Iraq, Army Specialist Brendan Marrocco was given the keys to a brand new home designed especially with his injuries in mind. The group Building Homes for Heroes built the high-tech home, which is equipped with an elevator, sensors that operate the lighting and front door, and electronic controls that raise and lower the sink, stove, and kitchen shelves.
900 bikers from around the country are making sure that families don't have to listen to hateful protests at the funerals of soldiers. The Patriot Guard Riders, many of them former veterans, protect funeral-goers from the hurtful speech by creating a 'wall' of American flags and soaring patriotic music to shield families from the protest. The Patriot Guard Riders, many of them former veterans, protect funeral-goers from the hurtful speech by creating a 'wall' of American flags and soaring patriotic music to shield families from the protest.
Jim Schlegel fought during Pearl Harbor and was alive to see the Cubs play in 1945 – now he's gotten the chance to see them one more time.
Thanks to a number of progressive governmental programs, rates of veteran homelessness in America have plummeted to half of what they were in 2010.
This 98-year-old veteran was surprised to find 24 Navy service volunteers marching in front of his home as a thank you for his service during WWII.
A nationwide chain of dental offices is putting smiles on the faces of thousands of veterans who don't have dental insurance, providing millions in free care.
Instead of going through the therapy process alone, these two troubled parties are forming loving connections so they can heal together.
First envisioned in 1997, and funded by $80 million in private donations, a new memorial was dedicated yesterday to honor disabled veterans. The Memorial, located 1,000 feet from the US Capitol, was the brainchild of an 81 year-old philanthropist named Lois, who has no personal ties to veterans.
U.S. Veterans and active duty service members working for Starbucks can pass four years of free tuition on to their spouse or one of their kids.
When a World War II veteran died with no known relatives, more than 200 strangers showed up to honor her at her funeral.
Aidan Knaus is quite the chatterbox. He doesn't simply push patients from one place to the next. His intense interest in striking up long conversations has made him the most requested volunteer at a veterans hospital in Minnesota. What's especially interesting about Aidan is the time when he was a boy, and his mother was unsure […]
Over two dozen Oklahoma families will finally have a stable home to call their own thanks to Sergeant First Class Stephen Florentz.
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