The month of October is used to raise awareness for dozens of causes and illnesses each year. From breast cancer to domestic ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs will automatically reconsider Agent Orange benefits claims for certain Vietnam veterans that were previously denied. Those who served in the offshore waters of ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Keith Smith’s wish was to help other Vietnam veterans affected by Agent Orange. The Independence native ...

John Callahan figured that if he died in Vietnam, it would at least be in heroic fashion while fighting for his country. Callahan, a Hartford native, enlisted two weeks before his 17th birthday and ...

(InvestigateTV) — Fifty years have passed since the end of the Vietnam War, but for countless veterans, the fight never truly ended. It’s a battle that has moved from the jungles of Southeast Asia to ...

New legislation on Capitol Hill is aiming to correct a health care coverage gap for Defense Department personnel affected by the 9/11 attacks on the Pentagon. Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., is seeking ...

SUNSET — Veterans Park has been chosen as the site for a new memorial marker, the culmination of a Davis County nonprofit’s longstanding effort to honor the hundreds of thousands of Vietnam War ...

A memorial to Vietnam War veterans who became ill or died after exposure to the infamous herbicide Agent Orange will be dedicated this month in Des Plaines. The freestanding, granite memorial was ...

Keith Smith’s wish was to help other Vietnam veterans affected by Agent Orange. The Independence native served with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam until July 1, 1970. He returned to Iowa and ...