1,200 active-duty troops will be invited to White House UFC event
Roughly 1,200 tickets out of a total 4,000 are reserved for active members of the U.S. military.
By Tanya Noury
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My grandpa was killed in World War II. I met him through his letters home.
My grandpa never came back from World War II. I found his final resting place in France.
By Gina Wolf, The War Horse
Double amputee paratrooper to jump into Normandy for 82nd anniversary of D-Day
Fourteen years after losing both his legs to an IED, Jon Harmon will step out of a C-47 and jump into same spot the 82nd Airborne fought on D‑Day.
‘They gave everything’: Trump salutes ‘guardian angels’ in Memorial Day address
The president lauded American service members, describing them as the vital line of defense between “liberty and tyranny."
By Tanya Noury
‘Return of the Dead’: The unthinkable choice faced by military families after WWII
Shortly after the war, more than 171,000 remains were returned to the U.S., while next of kin chose to have more than 110,000 buried overseas.
By Richard Sisk