Category: US veterans

Could Vitamin D Help Save Our Veterans?

March 12, 2023
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Findings from a new study have shown that vitamin D may lower the risk of suicide and suicide attempts in U.S. veterans with low vitamin D levels. The study found that veterans who received vitamin D had a 64 percent lower risk of suicide than those who did not receive supplementation. The study was published…

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Wreaths Across America Honors US Veterans

October 25, 2022
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In 2008, more than 60,000 volunteers placed 100,000 wreaths on veterans’ headstones nationwide. Recognizing the impact, the U.S. Congress unanimously voted to declare National Wreaths Across America Day to be held annually on the second or third Saturday of December. A total of 60,000 volunteers and 100,000 wreaths didn’t just come together overnight. It was…

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Site of 1944 Bomber Crash in UK Being Dug Up in Effort to Bring US Air Crew Home

June 30, 2021
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A team of American veterans are digging up a field in Sussex, United Kingdom, where a bomber plane crashed during the Second World War in an effort to finally bring their fallen compatriots home. In June 1944—two weeks after Allied troops landed in France on D-Day—a B-24 Liberator was in a group conducting a bombing…

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