Green Beret's cancer battle changes medical malpractice law for members of the military
Men and women who serve our country are suffering, and some have died due to serious errors in military health care. For years, they could not seek any compensation or remedy from our government. But the story of Richard Stayskal, and his efforts in Washington, drove change.
Florida charity will use your Christmas tree to make canes for veterans
Do you have a Christmas tree that you need to dispose of?
Texas man who transforms leftover Christmas trees into canes for veterans receives 1,000 donations
A central Texas man was overwhelmed by the response after he put out a call asking his local community to donate their leftover Christmas trees to him instead of throwing them out so that he could turn them into canes for veterans in need.
Galveston contractor indicted for allegedly stealing thousands from elderly
Thomas is now being charged with first degree felony theft of property. He’s accused of stealing up to $200,000 from multiple elderly victims.
Vietnam veteran given gift of snow in Tampa after being told this Christmas would be his last
Albert Septien was told his cancer, likely due to Agent Orange exposure, would make this Christmas his last, so his cousin granted his one wish: snow.
Georgia Boy Scout collecting torn, tattered flags surpasses goal
Jacob Johnson wanted to donate 500 tattered flags to Georgia Funeral Care in Acworth which specializes in veterans’ cremations.
Tuskegee Airman from Bethesda celebrates 100th birthday with a flight
Retired Col. Charles McGee will turn 100 years old on Saturday and while the years may have slowed him down some, they haven't dimmed the memories of his 30-year service to his country as a Tuskegee Airman who paved the way for generations to come.
Timeline: The critical events which led to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, it became one of the worst attacks ever carried out on American soil and changed the course of the country, spurring the United States' entry into WWII.
Delta honors military with special Atlanta airport lounge
Delta Airlines opens new military lounge at Atlanta's airport.
3 decades of warnings of an inevitable Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor went unheeded
Then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt called the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor "unprovoked and dastardly" in an address the day after bombers descended on Honolulu — but there were many clear warnings in the thirty years leading up to the attack.
Veteran surprised with thousands of Christmas lights, decorations
A local veteran got quite the surprise when he returned home to find his house totally decorated for Christmas on Tuesday.
98-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor recalls attack: 'We were just doing our jobs'
Saturday is the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor in which nearly 2,500 Americans were killed. Now, 78 years later, a Bay Area man is one of the few survivors who remembers December 7, 1941.
Charges dropped against veteran whose Ring doorbell was forcibly removed
Days after a maintenance crew removed a Ring doorbell from Derek Gray’s home at Las Palmas Apartments, he was arrested—charged with terroristic threatening. That charge has been dropped six months later.
Veteran gets new roof
The holiday season is all about giving back.
Instead of having homeless veteran's car towed, deputies help get it repaired for free
Instead of displacing a homeless veteran living in a seemingly abandoned car, deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Carson Station, coordinated with local businesses in order to get the vehicle towed and repaired for free.
Family seeks to shed light on Marine’s death, California’s lax isolation laws
Edwin Villalta’s treatment and the events that led to his death not only haunt his family to this day, they raise serious questions about how county jails across the state care for people with mental illness and how they use isolation cells. Villalta’s story also sheds light on California’s lax laws governing the amount of time inmates can be held in solitary confinement.
Navy vet, 51, found in Texas apartment, presumed dead for three years, medical examiner says
A Navy veteran living in Texas was found dead in his apartment last week after vanishing about three years ago, and the medical examiner’s office is now saying he’s been dead the whole time.
Last living link to Hiroshima bombing mission passes away
“I have no regrets about what I did,” Russell Gackenbach said. “We were at war. The Japanese and the Germans were working on the atomic bomb, just like we were. We just happened to get it first.”
Semper lie: Self-defense business owner claimed wild military deeds
A Cobb County man who spent years pretending to be a Navy SEAL finally came face-to-face with the truth. And the FOX 5 I-Team.
Georgia couple searches for owner of lost Marine Corps ring
A Lawrenceville couple is looking to reunite a Marine Corps ring with its rightful owner.