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Hundreds of Boy and Girl Scouts place flags in one of headstones in honor of Memorial Day. Photo by Kathryn Boyd-Batstone

On This Memorial Day, We Must Better Prepare for the Next War

by Jeremi Suri May 29, 2017May 28, 2017

Too often our leaders have sent Americans to die in response to vague threats or in pursuit of unclear purposes.

Soldiers walk in line one by one into the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. Photo by Scott Ball.

Journalist Sebastian Junger to Talk War, Community at Trinity

by Camille Garcia November 12, 2016January 31, 2020

Julio and his daughter Mariana Alvarado prepare an Easy Go Vac Aspirator to help Luis Alvarado breather better. Photo by Kathryn Boyd-Batstone.

Family Fights for Veteran Son’s Quality of Life

by Annette Crawford October 8, 2016January 31, 2020

Sgt. Fernando Herrera (center), Sgt “Killer” Kaiser (right), and two fellow soldiers take a moment to relax at night in Vietnam. "Tunnel rats" like Kaiser were slightly-built soldiers who crawled through North Vietnamese tunnels fighting North Vietnamese soldiers and Vietcong. After the Vietnam Conflict ended, it was discovered that Cu Chi had the highest number of tunnels in Vietnam, and the site included a hospital. Cu Chi, Vietnam, circa 1968.

Sgt. Fernando Herrera: A Hero Among Us

by Gloria Almaraz May 30, 2016October 7, 2016

Journalist Mary Walsh Shares Stories From the Battlefield

by Camille Garcia May 18, 2016October 7, 2016

(From left) Sister Martha Ann Kirk, a new friend, and Jessica Kimmel at a Women in Black demonstration in Jerusalem with Israeli and Palestinian women who refuse to be enemies. Photo courtesy of Sister Martha Ann Kirk.

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Violence in Gaza Met Here With UIW Interfaith Prayer

by Tyler Tully July 24, 2014October 7, 2016