Linda D. Kozaryn, American Forces Press Service
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Vet News: Defense Secretary Honors Marine Corps' 'Lion of Fallujah'
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2007 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates paid an emotional tribute last night to one of the Marine Corps’ fallen heroes of the war in Iraq.Military & Veterans News
Cover Story: Messages from the Home Front to the Front Lines
A Vietnam vet in Alabama. A single mother in Alaska. A World War II veteran in Big Fork, Montana. A fifth-grader in Minnesota. A chaplain in Tennessee.
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Cover Story: A Most Senior Recruit: Top Heart Surgeon Joins the Army
After a career as a world-renowned, pioneer heart surgeon, 57-year-old William C. DeVries decided to serve in the Armed Forces. After a career as a world-renowned, pioneer heart surgeon, William C. DeVries decided to serve in the Armed Forces. The doctor, who implanted the first permanent artificial heart in Seattle dentist Barney Clark, signed on at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as a Defense Department contractor.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Rumsfeld, Myers Thank Employers of Guard and Reserve Members
WASHINGTON, July 18, 2003 Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, thanked about 20 of the nation’s top business leaders today for their support of employees serving in the National Guard and reserves.
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Vet News: Tough, Brave Troups Fight for Freedom
America’s men and women in uniform are brave, tough and courageous, President Bush said today after visiting more than 70 wounded service members and their families at two military hospitals.
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Vet News: Sailor's Mom Organizes ‘Blue Star Mothers’
Jean Campbell’s son, Navy Petty Officer Steven Stefanowicz, is on active duty with the Navy in the Middle East. She is championing his service by uniting service members’ mothers in her home state.
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Vet News: A Wartime Romance Blossoms at Bagram
Just over a month after 1Lt. Valencia Delavega got engaged last August, she received orders to Afghanistan.