Homeless Vet Denied Voucher Says Healing Isn't Possible Without Housing

Homeless Vet Denied Voucher Says Healing Isn't Possible Without Housing

It’s difficult to say whether Delmar Dreaming Bear struggles more asleep or awake. Some nights, he dreams that the ground is about to swallow him. Other nightmares feature killers in pursuit. If he wakes, say, around midnight and doesn’t want to go back to sleep, his adult son may sit up with him until sunrise. […]

Whitey Herzog, Army Vet Who Was Hall of Fame Manager of Cardinals and Royals, Dies at 92

St. Louis Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog

With a flattop haircut, pointed opinions and a Midwestern sensibility, Whitey Herzog forged a Hall of Fame career managing Major League Baseball’s two Missouri teams by implementing a style that bears little resemblance to today’s game. Herzog’s signature 1982 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals team followed several successful yet ultimately frustrating seasons with the […]

'The Keeper': Why an Army Vet Hiked the Appalachian Trail with 363 Name Tapes

'The Keeper': Why an Army Vet Hiked the Appalachian Trail with 363 Name Tapes

Long-distance hikers have a few things in common with people serving in the military. Not only do they carry heavy packs for miles on end, but people who were once strangers tend to form close bonds on the trails. They even give each other new designations while out in the wilderness, called a “trail name,” […]

POW Gets a Pair of Jump Boots, the Best Gift a WWII Vet Could Want

Jump boots belonging to Sgt. Stanley Garrastazu, a satellite operator and maintenance specialist assigned to the 4th Joint Support Command, 335th Signal, dry after being polished at Fort McCoy, Wis.

ROCHESTER, Minn. — For Albert “Ken” Axelson, April 2 has always been a very special day. Axelson, a World War II combat medic, turned 21 on the same day he was liberated from a Nazi prisoner of war camp in 1945 in the waning months of the war. The two anniversaries have been intertwined ever […]

The Spirit of Actor and Army Vet John Mahoney Might Still Be Part of the New ‘Frasier’

The Spirit of Actor and Army Vet John Mahoney Might Still Be Part of the New 'Frasier'

“Frasier has reentered the building,” declares Kelsey Grammar in an updated version of the show’s signature theme song that Paramount+ recently posted to its YouTube page. The rebooted “Frasier” debuts on the streaming service in October, but Dr. Frasier Crane will be the only thing familiar to viewers. Former “Frasier” castmates David Hyde-Pierce (“Niles”), Jane […]