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.
Hilton promises to hire thousands of more vets in roles across the hotel company
Hilton has reportedly hired 30,000 veterans, military spouses and caregivers during the last six years, the company announced Tuesday.
Georgia Vietnam Vet faces new battle: Prostate cancer linked to Agent Orange
James Bamberg served in Vietnam 48 years ago. Today, the East Point, Georgia veteran is facing a new battle. He's been diagnosed with prostate cancer and type 1 diabetes, two conditions the Veterans Administration has linked to the Agent Orange, an herbicide mixture widely used during the Vietnam War.
Conyers resident received France's highest honor
The Consulate General of France in Atlanta decorated a WWII Veteran Tuesday with the French Legion of Honor.
Veteran's handwritten note requesting company for Veterans Day dinner goes viral
A handwritten note from a veteran at a barber shop has prompted an overwhelming response.
Community lays 7 WWII veterans to rest
Dozens of people helped lay seven World War II veterans to rest Tuesday decades after their deaths.
Woodstock invites public to help honor 7 WWII Veterans Tuesday afternoon
Woodstock police are asking Georgians to help honor seven WWII Veterans as they are laid to rest on Tuesday.
Mural at Temple elementary school honors veterans
Students at an elementary school in Temple collaborated to create a mural to pay tribute to former members of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Marine veteran couple gets new free home in Canton
With smiles stretching from ear to ear, the family walked through the property in utter shock by the $200,000-plus gift from Operation Homefront and Meritage Homes.
100-year-old WWII vet, other vets honored at Forsyth County school
Some Forsyth County kids made the most of their Veterans Day in school. They honored several American war veterans including a 100-year-old WWII Vet.
Senior living facility in DeKalb County honors veterans
Patriotic songs filled the lobby of Holbrook Decatur.
Credit union assembled bikes for military children
Georgia's Own Credit Union commemorated Veterans Day by building bicycles for military childen.