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Rolling Thunder XXVI May 26, 2013: Until They Are Home

Always remember our troops serving, those who have borne the battle and those who gave their lives for us so we can live free!

(WASHINGTON DC) - Few things are more "American" than the roar of hundreds of thousands of bikers riding through Washington D.C.

Each year bikers honor the more than 58,000 who gave their lives in the Vietnam War and the countless number left behind.

Thoughts as Memorial Day Approaches

Maybe it is worth considering a tally-board to track which politicians cast votes against legislation considered to be potentially beneficial to our veterans.

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - As Memorial Day approaches every year I try to give considerable thought and consciousness to those who have given so much to our country.

I try to think of what I can possibly say to help make my fellow countrymen fully aware of the many sacrifices made by those who have placed themselves in harm’s way for the benefit of all.

Admiral Joe Sestak for U.S. Senate

Admiral Sestak always supported our veterans when he was in Congress, and we need him now in the U.S. Senate.

(MEDIA, PA) - When Admiral Joe Sestak declared he would be running for the U.S. Senate this week, I was happy to hear it.

This is primarily because of one reason: he will take care of the veterans our Senators and Congressmen voted to send them to war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Women Veterans, PTSD and Invisible Scars: Brutish Betrayal Again

The elephant in the room, military sexual trauma.

(PORTLAND, OR) - As a VA Hospital customer for PTSD, along with other aches, pains and fractured limbs, I have a dim view of their purported excellence of treatment.

Some of it is barely OK, but some of it wouldn't be allowed by the SPCA.

Looking for God Within the Kingdom of Religious Confusion

[Creative nonfiction] Scriptural realities illuminate this mythical journey to discover the truth about God.

(POICVIANA, Fla.) - Jacob fell to his knees weeping as he watched his nine-year-old daughter, Jessica, lowered into the abyss of death, a site eloquently referred to earlier in the sermon as her "peaceful resting place, to await the second coming of the Lord."

To Jacob it was the cold, dark hole where Jessica's body would remain alone forever.

Armed Forces Memorial Month

All we ask is for our Legislators to do their job, pass legislation to help our veterans in need.

(MEDIA, PA) - Armed Forces of wars past and present are honored with monuments and memorials. They are symbols to remind us Freedom is not Free, it is paid for in blood.

Those who served wrote a blank check to our Country payable at any cost to include the giving of their life in the name of Freedom.

U.S. Army Veteran `found living in Vietnam village 44 YEARS after being shot down and presumed dead`

His daughters refuse to take DNA tests to prove his identity.

(LONDON The Daily Mail) - Sgt. Robertson's name is etched along with 60,000 others onto Washington D.C.'s poignant Vietnam memorial, but now the documentary questions whether he is actually alive and well.

The filmmakers claim to have tracked him down to south-central Vietnam - where the 76-year-old is unable to remember his birthday, his American children’s names, or how to speak English.

`The Demons of War are Persistent` - A Personal Story of Prolonged PTSD

Understand that it is never too late in your life to begin looking forward and achieving new objectives.

(POICVIANA, Fla.) - Forty years have passed since my deployment as a combat Marine to Vietnam. However, only several years since I acknowledged my inability to continue suppressing the demons alone.

Like many veterans, the “Demons” have haunted me through nightmares, altered personas, and hidden fears.

Wounded U.S. Army Captain Goes to War Zone in Afghanistan

“Our injuries don’t define us. We control our own destinies and set the example on how to live our lives positively and be inspirational to our fellow Americans as well as an asset to our country.” - Salem-News.com writer James Van Thach

(NEW YORK) - Why would an already wounded soldier return to the War Zone?

Captain James Van Thach, a Vietnamese American law graduate of Touro Law Center, retired from the United States Army in March 2009, decided it was time to return to a war zone on Operation Proper Exit, a program sponsored by the Troops First Foundation.

Agent Orange Aboard the USS White Plains

What legacy do we leave behind for our children and grandchildren?

(MEDIA, PA) - Agent Orange herbicide being lifted off the deck of the USS White Plains (AFS-4) for delivery by an HC-3 helicopter during a 1970 deployment to Vietnam.

This is evidence that Blue Water Navy indeed carried and transported barrels of agent orange onboard US Navy commissioned ships to ports in Vietnam.