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    • 26 Ratings
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    Where have all the young men gone?

    MAY 7, 2012 12:14AM

    By beauty1947


    Topics: synchronicity, veterans, war, death at an early age, abuse, tribute

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 2129 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    A Lesson from Iwo Jima

    NOVEMBER 11, 2011 9:34AM

    By Evan Achiron


    Topics: veterans, veterans day, marines, iwo jima, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1883 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    The German Helmet

    DECEMBER 10, 2010 7:51AM

    By Jim Ohio


    Topics: war, ww11, history, veterans, conflict, memory, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 2279 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Proud to Serve: 4 weeks, 10,167 miles. The faces behind DADT

    NOVEMBER 5, 2010 10:59AM

    By Patricia S.


    Topics: open+call, photography, jo ann santangelo, lgbt, proud to serve, the international center of photography, don't ask, don't tell, dadt, service women's action network, sergeant jen hogg, katherine miller, sue fulton, westpoint, army, veterans, military, lesbian, gay, transexual, bisexual, lt. col. fehrenbach, dan choi, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, lgbt center in manhattan, feminism, gay/lesbian, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 29 Ratings
    • 856 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    I Hate The Concrete

    AUGUST 10, 2010 3:01AM

    By ladyslipper


    Topics: the government, homelessness, mental illness, veterans

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1171 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    An Advertising Faux Pas - Madison Avenue and the Military

    NOVEMBER 11, 2009 10:53AM

    By Donna Carbone


    Topics: military, military etiquette, advertising, courtesy, mistakes, respect, saluting, madison avenue, veterans, humana insurance

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 3265 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Iraq: 10 Lessons Learned During My Brother’s Deployment

    NOVEMBER 11, 2009 9:56AM

    By Constantine von Hoffman


    Topics: irag, veterans, iraq war, reaction, deployment, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 766 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Is The Army Deliberately Avoiding Helping Returning Troops?

    APRIL 8, 2009 7:49AM

    By GaryBaumgarten


    Topics: gary baumgarten, news talk online, paltalk, ptsd, veterans

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 1242 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Let us See, So That We May Know

    FEBRUARY 10, 2009 8:16AM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: obama stimulus, press conference, veterans, iraq, lorraine berry, afghanistan, war dead, ptsd, caskets, coffins, owen, dulce et decorum est

    • Editor's Pick
    • 28 Ratings
    • 4746 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Boom

    FEBRUARY 9, 2009 4:05PM

    By six foot skinny


    Topics: open call, iraq, veterans, war, homecoming

    • Editor's Pick
    • 34 Ratings
    • 2049 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    Salon Takes on PTSD

    FEBRUARY 9, 2009 8:12AM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: personal history, v.a., veterans, viet nam, lorraine berry, feminism, ptsd, mark benjamin and michael de yoanna, salon

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1304 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Suicide Isn't Painless

    JANUARY 29, 2009 2:10PM

    By GaryBaumgarten


    Topics: veterans, u.s. military, suicide, iava

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 2668 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Fannie and Freddie Suspend Foreclosures into January 2009

    NOVEMBER 20, 2008 6:25PM

    By Anthony M. Freed


    Topics: bailout, taxes, dollars, trillions, billions, racism, paulson, banks, liberty, democracy, coup, fascists, wall street, greed, robbery, ponzi scheme, fraud, classism, equality, rights, veterans, children, women, real, help, hope, credit, money, life, people, story, pain, refinance, modification, short sale, economy, loan, foreclosure. mortgage

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 920 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Love in the Lines

    NOVEMBER 12, 2008 7:57PM

    By EverLearning1


    Topics: veterans, cemeteries, gratitude

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 1849 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    A Veterans Day Meditation

    NOVEMBER 11, 2008 6:28AM

    By Procopius


    Topics: war, veterans, veterans day

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 3259 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    AMC hires injured Iraq vet to tell story of injured vets

    NOVEMBER 9, 2008 1:59AM

    By thorswitch


    Topics: iraq war, veterans, vets, injuries, all my children, tv, amc, jr martinez, television

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 355 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Alaska National Guard: Better Understanding Their Sacrifice

    OCTOBER 2, 2008 12:15PM

    By Jason Forrester


    Topics: alaska national guard, veterans for america, vfa, tricare, veterans affairs, veterans

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 813 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Bring 'Em Home: End the War in Vietnam

    AUGUST 26, 2008 1:50AM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: politics, mccain, john mccain, war, vietnam, media, war in vietnam, military, history, election, presidential election, propaganda, 2008 election, obama, barack obama, veterans, mccain campaign, republicans

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