At 103, World War II Veteran Inspires Others with YMCA Workouts
If you’re already thinking about nixing that New Year’s resolution of working out more, less than three weeks into 2026, you may want to look to James Sneed for motivation. The 103-year-old World War II veteran is proving that you’re never too old to stay physically fit. Sneed, who served in the Army, heads to […]
Veteran Who Served for Both Japanese and U.S. Forces Turns 100
Minoru “Mino” Ohye has a truly unique story not matched by many other veterans. Not only did Ohye turn 100 years old recently and is one of the last remaining World War II veterans, but he also served for both the Japanese Imperial Army and the U.S. Army. Ohye was born in Sacramento, California […]
Heart Transplant Saves Ailing Iraq War Veteran
Iraq War veteran Keith McCarter felt something was off in 2010, about a year after he left the Army. It was a feeling that most healthy 25-year-olds never have to experience. “I started to feel super weak and was not eating,” McCarter said. “Come to find out, I was in end-stage heart failure.” He needed […]
Gulf War Veteran, Paralympian Shares Four Simple Ways to Reach Goals
Army veteran and retired world class athlete John Register could have felt sorry for himself after losing his left leg in a training accident prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics. Instead, Register took time to process his grief and develop a plan to forge ahead, even though his dreams and aspirations were challenged in a […]
Korean War Veteran Reunited with Lost Letters from 1952
Ben Gross received quite the surprise recently when letters started arriving at his home that he penned way back in 1952. Gross, 95, is a Korean War veteran. He was shocked and amused recently to be reunited with letters he sent home while in Korea that had been separated and mistakenly sent to addresses that […]
‘I See It So Others Don’t Have To:’ Oregon Army Veteran Recovers Bodies as Rescue Diver
After spending more than a decade in the Army, both in active duty and the National Guard, Oregon native Nick Rinn chose a unique career path most people wouldn’t even consider. He became an underwater rescue diver recovering bodies. Rinn, who grew up in North Bend, Oregon, served two years in the Army on active […]
Strangers Come Together to Honor Fallen Veteran with No Known Family
A community in Arizona came together earlier this week to honor a veteran most did not know. Hundreds came to the Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Marana, Arizona, on Tuesday to pay their respects to Darrell Lee Arelt, a Vietnam veteran who had no known family to contact after he died from a short illness […]
‘We Love Him’: Vietnam Veteran Continues Service by Volunteering at Fort Carson
With a deafening crack, Vietnam veteran E. Paige Lanier pulled the lanyard on an M777 howitzer, sending a shell soaring over the prairie at Fort Carson’s vast training grounds south of Colorado Springs. On that sunny fall day, Command Sgt. Maj. Rob McGinnis introduced Lanier to the crowd gathered for a demonstration of new technology […]
U.S. World War II Veteran, 103, Receives French Legion of Honor
Leggio “Lee” Sassi’s military career started off as a precocious teenager, lying about his age to enter the Army. Almost 90 years later, he received France’s most prestigious service award. Sassi, 103, was given the French Legion of Honor – similar to the U.S. Medal of Honor – during a special event last week in […]
Georgia Army Veteran Stuck in ICE Detention Center
As the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration continues to ensnare some U.S. military veterans, one case in Georgia is grabbing headlines. Godfrey Wade, an Army veteran who has lived in the country for 52 years, has spent the past three months in the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia. Wade emigrated to the U.S. […]