Veterans

American Airlines honored four local senior veterans for their service with a special ‘dream flight’ in a restored open-cockpit World War II-era plane Wednesday.

The City of DeSoto was recently named a Purple Heart City and on Saturday signs went up in the Southern Dallas County town.

Earlier this month the City of DeSoto was named a Purple Heart City and on Saturday signs designating parking spots reserved for combat wounded veterans went up around town.

Disability payments had sometimes been considered compensation and pushed veterans over the income limits for receiving assistance. The policy was changed Thursday.

The statistics come amid renewed calls to change a law that has thrown many veterans into sudden hardship.

Comedian Jon Stewart and troops sickened by uranium have ended a meeting at the Department of Veterans Affairs angry that once again they have been told they will have to wait to see whether the VA will connect their illnesses to the toxic base where they were deployed shortly after 9/11.

Special operations forces deployed to Karshi-Khanabad, or “K2,” in Uzbekistan have pressed the Department of Veterans Affairs for help for years, but so far the VA has not acted.

The Best Defense Foundation brought American veterans back to the battlefields where they served.

Each service dog learns around 65 different tasks that can help disabled American veterans and others with mobile disabilities.

The nonprofit organization in North Texas is dedicated to provide free training and service dogs to disabled American veterans and others with mobile disabilities

World War II veteran Harold Terens and his sweetheart Jeanne Swerlin proved that love is eternal as they tied the knot near the D-Day beaches in Normandy, France. He’s 100, she’s a youngster of just 96.

Robert Persichitti suffered a medical episode while on a ship en route to Normandy, he was airlifted to a hospital in Germany and “died peacefully” to music by his favorite artist, Frank Sinatra.

We learn how Patriot PAWS Service Dogs is helping disabled American Veterans restore their independence.

While the U.S. military used the herbicide to defoliate the dense jungles of Vietnam and adjoining countries, it was contaminating the land and waters on U.S. bases with the same chemicals, according to documents.

A motorcade is escorting a group of heroes in North Texas for Medal Of Honor weekend. The motorcade left DFW Airport to head to Gainesville for the celebrations.

A national nonprofit is offering a way to help veterans trying to navigate the challenging housing market.

Operation Homefront provides veterans and their families with transitional homes and financial counseling. They can stay for two to three years and receive their rent money back upon graduation. So far, 27 families have used this program to buy their own homes. NBC 5’s Brittney Johnson has more.

Crawford calls it a One Thousand Mile Gratitude Walk. The purpose is to raise awareness about a non-profit that helped him through dark times called the 23rd Veteran.

How long does it take to get from Austin, Minnesota, to Austin, Texas? That depends on how to get there. NBC 5’s Noelle Walker tells why a traveler is taking the slow road.

NBC 5 Responds Is sharing the story of a local Vietnam veteran. For years, he has tried accessing his military benefits but the family says his dishonorable discharge is complicating their efforts. The family believes he’s lived a lifetime with PTSD and they want to get him the care they say he deserves. Now some five decades after returning from...