Veterans: Honoring our heroes

"I could feel his warmth": Gold Star families open up on presidents

Amid consolation call controversy, family members of the fallen give details on interactions with Trump, Obama, Bush

Iraq vet steals truck, races dozens to hospital after Vegas shooting

Marine veteran Taylor Winston and his girlfriend were dancing at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival when gunfire began Sunday night. Instead of fleeing the scene of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, he drove more than two dozen victims to the hospital. Norah O'Donnell reports.

97-year-old WWII veteran's message about national anthem protests goes viral

Hours before NFL players across the league took a knee during the national anthem in defiance of President Trump on Sunday, 97-year-old John Middlemas hosted a protest of his own -- in his backyard.

From battlefield to classroom, program helps veterans transition

One key to the program is it's taught by veterans themselves

Warrior Scholar Project helps veterans prepare for college life

Veterans at three college campuses just finished a week-long academic bootcamp. The Warrior Scholar Project prepares veterans to go back to school. Programs in Massachusetts, Michigan and Texas were the last of more than a dozen that took place this summer. Jan Crawford reports.

Vietnam veteran awarded Medal of Honor

President Trump awarded the nation's highest military honor to 71-year-old James McCloughan on Monday. In 1969, at the age of 23, McCloughan served in Vietnam, where he repeatedly risked his life to save wounded comrades. David Martin reports.

Remains of U.S. servicemen recovered from WWII battlefield

Nearly 1,000 Marines, 30 sailors were killed during assault on Japanese-held atoll in November 1943

Iraq War veteran meets PTSD service dog for the first time

John Gerula met his new PTSD service dog, Oliver, last week -- and it was love at first sight. "Me and him clicked right away," Gerula said. "He started giving me hugs. We were a match the first minute I touched his leash."

Iraq War veteran and PTSD service dog form instant bond

"We were a match the first minute I touched his leash," Marine Corps veteran says of his new best friend

Nearly 100 patients died waiting for care at Los Angeles VA

A new report shows 43 percent of the 225 patients who died over 10 months were waiting for appointments or needed tests they never got

Vietnam veteran is Trump's first Medal of Honor recipient

James McCloughan, 71, will be the first person awarded the nation's highest military honor by President Trump

70 years later, World War II veteran receives high school diploma

Elmer Shinskie received his diploma 70 years after he started high school in Pennsylvania. He was drafted to enter the Army in 1943 when he was in 10th grade.

Old shipping containers used to house homeless veterans

This past week, the new secretary of veterans affairs said his department will try to cut the number of homeless veterans in the U.S from about 40,000 to somewhere below 15,000 during the Trump administration. Carter Evans tells us about a project that is helping the VA reach that goal.

After 47 years, Vietnam veteran receives lost dog tags

Mike Amalfitano lost his dog tags, as he puts it, somewhere in the jungle while serving in Vietnam in 1969. But thanks to a Missouri narcotics officer, he now has the tags back in his possession.

Injured Afghanistan vet undergoes experimental amputation

Dr. Matthew Carty amputated Brandon Korona's leg using a new procedure that could reinvent the science of amputations

Memorial Day 2017: America honors the fallen

Honoring the sacrifices made by service members in our nation's wars

Dems view vets as strong candidates in bid to retake house

Democrats are looking toward military veterans as possible candidates in their fight to regain the Republican-controlled House

"What might have been": Preserving Vietnam wall's heartbreaking mementos

Visitors to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington feel compelled to leave offerings of love or gratitude - and some hit harder than others

Remembering the lost platoon

Clifford Rountree, Kenny Barker and Victor Renza were three American soldiers in Vietnam whose platoon was ambushed in May 1967. Twenty-two of their comrades were killed. John Blackstone reports on how that battle shaped the lives of the survivors, and how some of them spent the anniversary of that battle, fifty years later.