Battle In Their Hearts
It was around Veterans Day last year when Ken Iaciofano began to drink heavier than usual. The 22-year-old Iraq Veteran was known to be a drinker but it had gotten worse in the fall, culminating in a drunk driving accident …
Tag Archives: Veterans Day
March With Us
IAVA’s Acting Membership Director
I’d technically been a veteran since 2005, when I got back from my tour in Iraq, but I certainly never felt like one. Even when, on very rare occasions, I called myself a veteran, I never self-identified as one.
The Definition of a Veteran
U.S. Navy Veteran
There are very few words that catch me quite like “Veteran.” It’s such a short word, but in today’s world, it means so much and identifies a person in just seven letters.
Honoring America’s Last Surviving WWI Veteran
VA staff, Office of Public Affairs
On Veterans Day, at 109 years of age, Mr. Buckles is recognized as the last living U.S. Veteran of World War One; the last link with a generation of Veterans who ushered the United States onto the world stage. . . .
