Veteran

Family and friends of one of the U.S.’ last WWII veterans said goodbye to 102-year-old San Diego resident Sidney Walton, who died Saturday in Santa Monica surrounded by loved ones.

An Oceanside Marine Corps veteran is remembering his experience during the Vietnam War as the United States’ chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan comes to an end.

In 1945, World War II Veteran Ed Kinslow missed his high school graduation because he was busy flying for the Air Force. At age 94, he is finally getting the chance to walk across the stage on graduation day.

Ivan Krimker received a Purple Heart this year after he was wounded in action on a deployment to Iraq in 2004.

Decades before police in Virginia pepper sprayed Army officer Caron Nazario, Black military servicemembers were intentionally targeted by police while coming home from the World Wars. Timothy Berry of the Black Veterans Project explains the history of police violence against Black Americans who served their country.

World War II veteran Major Wooten was released from the hospital on Monday after battling COVID-19.

Do you want to know the secret to a long and happy life? According to a Southern California man who turned 107 Saturday, it’s soul food and hard work.

The city of Santa Ana celebrated the 107th birthday of a World War II veteran Saturday with a drive-by parade including firefighters and police.

Comedian Rita Brent’s rap video about Kamala Harris making history as the first Black woman Vice President-elect has gone viral. The rapper and Army veteran joined LX News to talk about the message behind her viral rap and drop some bars of “solidarity magic.”

David Herbert, an honorably discharged disabled veteran, was sentenced to nearly nine years behind bars. He has served just 17 months

Exit12 is a dance and ballet company formed by an Iraq War veteran dedicated to telling the personal stories of war through art and veteran-centered workshops.

KC Short, an Army veteran, organized Saturday’s protests in La Mesa and said he does not condone the looting or the chaos that escalated after the peaceful movement he had planned.

The British World War II veteran who became a national hero by raising millions to support the country’s National Health Service celebrated two milestones on Thursday with much fanfare, NBC News reports.

Montana Reinschmidt’s military uniform was barely worn in when an accident on a dirt bike left him paralyzed.

A former Marine Corps Sergeant who served three tours in Iraq and founded a non-profit to help veterans transition into agriculture has filed a lawsuit against Whole Foods Organic Markets, claiming the company nearly bankrupted his and his wife’s organic farm. Colin and Karen Archipley, owners of Archi’s Acres filed their lawsuit in federal court against the organic food...

A home surveillance video showing two firefighters stop to replace a flag that had fallen from the home of a veteran during Kincade Fire evacuations brought hope to residents as they struggled to gather information on the status of their neighborhood.

A World War II veteran is on a mission to travel to all 50 states as part of an effort to raise awareness about the dwindling number of veterans from that war who are still alive.

Thousands of dollars’ worth of jewelry was taken from a former U.S. Navy aviator Tuesday, March 13 from his Mid-City home.

Marvin Strombo was behind Japanese enemy lines on a Pacific island during World War II when he realized the other five men in his squadron had moved on without him. The young U.S. Marine, part of an elite scout-sniper platoon fighting a 1944 battle on Saipan, nervously scanned the terrain. He spotted a body on the ground, a dead Japanese...

A Vietnam veteran, now living in the Bay Area, reflects on what the days were like for him and his infantry during the war.