Nono Zicari, a World War II veteran and D-Day survivor, reflects on the current Black Lives Matter protests. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nearly two months after testing positive, and three weeks since waking from a coma, Ronald Pipkins, 55, the first coronavirus patient in Nevada, was released from the VA Medical Center in North Las Vegas on April 20, 2020. (Veterans Health Administration)
Edward Turken moved to Sun City Summerlin from California with his late wife, Eva, in 1997. Turken was well known in the veteran community in the Las Vegas Valley. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegan John Shaw fought in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The veteran turned 95 in January, and remains with his wife of 64 years.
Travis Strong, who lost both of his legs by a bomb in Baghdad in 2006, climbed 108 levels and 1,455 stairs at the Strat. The event brought 1,000 climbers out to raise money for the American Lung Association in Nevada.
Dr. S. Jay Hazan, 93, a World War II veteran, talks about his arrest during his visit to VA hospital on Friday, Nov. 30. (Erik Verduzco Las Vegas Review-Journal @Erik_Verduzco_
Army Sgt. Adam Poppenhouse was honored by fellow veterans in an event hosted by a One Hero at a Time at the Henderson Events Center.
Mayor Debra March, members of Henderson City
Council and representatives of Purple Heart Veterans Chapter 730 joined the community to honor combat war veterans and all those who have served at the official opening of Purple Heart Plaza, 101 Market St., in Downtown Henderson. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
WWII veteran, Americo Benetti recalls his time with the 459th Bombardment Group when he was shot down over Hungary in 1944.
Operation Homefront with Chase bank awarded a mortgage-free home to Nevada Army National Guard veteran Nathan Fischer.
Three WWII veterans look back 70 years ago, on May 8, 1945, to Victory in Europe Day and the journeys that took them there.
Forty years after the fall of Saigon the war is still not over for Terri Francisco-Farrell and her son Zak as well as the families of 1,625 other U.S. military personnel who are still unaccounted for.
Steve Lowery, recipient of the Naval Cross and two Purple Hearts, was denied benefits by the Veterans Administration who said his shrapnel and gunshot woulds were not service related.