Nov 11 France, Britain Remember End to Bloody World War Soldiers return home to New York City, ca. 1919. (National Archives) Updated Nov. 11, 2011: Because their casualties from World War I so overwhelm those suffered by U.S. forces in their 20 months in the conflict, many European nations… Continue reading
Nov 11 New Google-Powered Jobs Bank Aims to Lower Veteran Unemployment Rate A homeless U.S. military veteran stands in line for free winter clothing at a 'Stand Down' event hosted by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Organizers say the homeless veteran population has surged in recent years along with the high… Continue reading
Nov 11 New Google-Powered Jobs Bank Aims to Lower Veteran Unemployment Rate A homeless U.S. military veteran stands in line for free winter clothing at a 'Stand Down' event hosted by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Organizers say the homeless veteran population has surged in recent years along with the high… Continue reading
Nov 11 'One Day on Earth' Film Project Builds Worldwide Virtual Community By Larisa Epatko Friday is 11/11/11, and the minds behind the documentary and online video archive known as "One Day on Earth" are hoping thousands of people around the world will film a moment in their lives this day. Continue reading
Nov 11 Veterans Day Around the Nation Soldiers from Ft. Lee, Virginia help mark Veterans Day ceremonies at the World War II Memorial November 11, 2011 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) President Obama praised the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and impending handover in Afghanistan… Continue reading
Nov 10 Watch 'Shock' Continues Over Penn State Scandal, Paterno's Scarred Legacy Thursday was the first day of the post-Joe Paterno era at Penn State, after a whirlwind of events that stemmed from sexual abuse charges against a former football coach. Jeffrey Brown discusses the continuing fallout. Continue watching
Nov 10 'Where Soldiers Come From' Tracks Close-Knit Unit "We didn't think we had changed. We thought we were back from war and we were good to go," says 24-year-old combat veteran Dominic Fredianelli. Fredianelli is one of a tight-knit group of childhood friends from Michigan's Upper Peninsula… Continue reading
Nov 10 Watch Young Veterans Come of Age During Wartime For more on this story, go to http://www.pbs.org/newshour/… Continue watching
Nov 10 Penn State Ousts Paterno, Spanier 11:30 a.m. ET | Tom Bradley, a 33-year veteran of the Nittany Lions staff who was named as interim head coach, said Thursday morning in a new conference that he takes the helm from Paterno with "very mixed emotions." He… Continue reading
Nov 09 Watch Air Force Admits 'Gross Mismanagement' of Soldiers' Remains Dover Air Force base in Delaware receives America's war dead in solemn ceremonies, but after a year-long investigation, the Air Force acknowledged "gross mismanagement" of some remains within the base's mortuary. Margret Warner discusses the revelations with The Washington Post's… Continue watching