Army Will Present Purple Heart to Minnesota Veteran 73 Years After He Was Wounded in Korean War
ST. PAUL, Minn. — After 73 years and a long fight with the U.S. Army, a Korean War veteran from Minnesota who was wounded in combat was set to finally get his Purple Heart medal on Friday. The Army notified Earl Meyer, 96, of St. Peter, last month that it had granted him a Purple […]
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Army Veteran Over Extended GI Bill Benefits
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of an Army combat veteran who sued the Department of Veterans Affairs over his eligibility for education benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill and Post 9/11 GI Bill. In a 7-2 decision, the court sided with James Rudisill, a veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq who argued […]
Veteran Seeking Dismissal of Criminal Charge for Subduing Suspect in Attack on Muslim Lawmaker
HARTFORD, Conn. — A military veteran who rushed to the aid of Connecticut’s first Muslim state representative when she was being attacked after a prayer service and subdued the suspect is seeking to have a misdemeanor assault charge erased. Jason Spencer, 43, applied Wednesday for the state’s accelerated rehabilitation program, which would result in the […]
Military Veteran Who Killed Iraqi Civilian Is Ordered Jailed on Capitol Riot Charges
WASHINGTON — A military veteran who shot and killed a handcuffed civilian in Iraq nearly 20 years ago was ordered jailed Tuesday on charges that he used a metal baton to assault police officers during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Chief Judge James Boasberg agreed with prosecutors that Edward […]
Legendary Broadcast Journalist and Army Veteran Charles Osgood Dies at 91
Fellow broadcast news legend Charles Kuralt called Charles Osgood “one of the last great broadcast writers” because of his lyrical, poetic writing style. Osgood was the host of “CBS Sunday Morning” until 2016, having taken over the position from Kuralt in 1994. From 1971 to 2017, he produced a daily commentary called “The Osgood File” […]
Military Veteran Charged in Capitol Riot Is Ordered Released from Custody
BATON ROUGE, La. — A military veteran charged with attacking police officers with a baton during a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was ordered released from custody on Tuesday, a day after his arrest. A federal prosecutor had argued for the pretrial detention of Edward Richmond Jr., a former U.S. Army […]
Army Veteran Who Wielded Ax Handle During Capitol Riot Gets over 4 Years in Prison
A jailed member of the Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison for his role in a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol three years ago, court records show. William Chrestman, a U.S. Army veteran from Olathe, Kansas, brandished an axe handle and threated police with violence […]
Army Veteran Identified as Man Wounded by Police After VA Clinic Shooting
WENATCHEE, Wash. — The man shot and wounded by police Sunday after authorities say he fired into an empty Veterans Affairs clinic was identified as Army veteran Troy Allen McMaster of East Wenatchee. Investigators believe McMaster rammed the Department of Veterans Affairs Elwood “Bud” Link Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Olds Station with a pickup truck […]
Army Veteran Battling Terminal Cancer Gets His Wish to Shoot a Tank One Last Time
Doctors estimated in September that Jay Tenison, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer, had 3-6 months to live. One of the things on his bucket list was to fire a tank one last time. Tenison, 39, is a former tanker who served from 2004 to 2008 on active duty and another five years in the […]
Korean War Veteran, 96, Still Attempting to Get Purple Heart Medal After 7 Decades
ST. PETER, Minn. — Earl Meyer remembers in vivid detail when his platoon came under heavy fire during the Korean War — he still has shrapnel embedded in his thigh. But over 70 years later, the 96-year-old is still waiting for the U.S. Army to recognize his injury and to award him a Purple Heart […]