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One of the most exclusive groups of American heroes will make a return trip to Knoxville this September, and several well-known figures will make the trip with them.

Nikki Haley is set to accept the Patriot Award in Knoxville. Its the highest individual recognition given by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society,

March 3, 2021 For Tony DeFrancesco, it’s difficult to envision a more important UCLA job than his. As the campus’s chief liaison and executive director of veterans affairs relations and programs, DeFrancesco says it’s his job not only to make sure veterans feel supported on campus but to also make sure UCLA’s partnership and programs with the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration remain successful in helping those who have served their country. “They have given so much with their s...

MOAA Honors VetsAid, Founded by Rock Legend Joe Walsh, With Distinguished Service Award February 16, 2021 Joe Walsh, right, performs at the 2017 VetsAid Charity Benefit Concert in Fairfax, Virginia. VetsAid is a foundation created by Walsh to support veterans and their families. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images) Note from MOAA: VetsAid is a recipient of MOAAs Distinguished Service Award, which honors individuals and organizations supporting servicemembers and the wider mi...

>> bill: it is veterans day and service comes for many leaving scars for a lifetime. there is a program called operation man helping veterans heal. we want you to meet a veteran who suffered body wounds in iraq and the director and operator of men and ladies. on january 1st, women go to the combat. what does that mean for america, corporal? >> i think it is a huge step in the role of women. if they are able to do it it is amazing. >> bill: operation mend helps what? >> it provides speciality med...

Basics you have been away out of the job market for ten years. >> sam was involved in an ied explosion. that is the signature of this war. brain injury activity. it is christmas and jesus christ came to give of himself for others and was willing to die on that cross for others. this is an interesting parallel for us today. sam was willing to serve for our country and it is the time to give. so why dont we give to the most n noble cause for our country. so well said. i know you do a lot of work w...

Saved my eyes. >> reporter: the rest of his face was left severely disfigured. a year later, dr. timothy miller helped change that. >> when i first saw him he didnt have a nose or his left lip was way over to the side of the cheek as was his entire mouth. >> reporter: dr. miller has operated at least 20 times with more to come. its a service that grew into operation mend, a partnership between ucla and the brook army medical center to perform free reconstructive surgery on service members injure...

its the conservative political action conference in washington, d.c. ive got you there live right now. this is the vamp up, folks, to the big delegate leader, mitt romney. if you want to be the republican nominee for president, youd better have your game face on when you come to cpac. and you better have cpac on your side, some say. there is a caveat to that. ill get to that in a moment. any second now, as i said, were expecting mitt romney, whos going to make his case from that podium...

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