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Purple Heart Day: Honoring Our Fallen and the Wounded Veterans Who Endeavor Beyond Their Service

Purple Heart Day: Honoring Our Fallen and the Wounded Veterans Who Endeavor Beyond Their Service

by Christian Southards | Aug 7, 2023

  962,403 — 137,023 — 200,740 — 615 — 36,412 — 22,499: the estimated number of fallen and wounded Service Members in each major U.S. conflict since World War II to have been awarded at least one Purple Heart, based on casualty research conducted by both the...
VA to Extend Presumptive Period for Qualifying Chronic Disability for Persian Gulf War Veterans

VA to Extend Presumptive Period for Qualifying Chronic Disability for Persian Gulf War Veterans

by Christian Southards | Oct 29, 2021

On Wednesday, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it is extending the presumptive period for qualifying chronic disabilities for Persian Gulf War veterans to Dec. 31, 2026. The presumptive period was previously set to expire on Dec. 31, 2021. During the...

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