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Charles Francis Adams Jr. (May 27, 1835 – March 20, 1915) was an American author, historian, and railroad and park commissioner who served as the president of the Union Pacific Railroad from 1884 to 1890.
The same thread has run through efforts in recent years to change the name of military bases that previously honored Confederate War heroes, and to review medals awarded to soldiers who may have ...
Kermit Roosevelt Sr. MC (October 10, 1889 – June 4, 1943) was an American businessman, soldier, explorer, and writer. A son of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, Kermit graduated from Harvard College, served in both World Wars (with both the British and U.S. Armies), and explored two continents with his father.
This advocacy became the natural springboard for TAPS newest program, Caregiver to Survivor, launched April 2021 [60] in partnership with the Elizabeth Dole Foundation and American Red Cross Military and Veteran Caregiver Network. The collaboration creates a seamless connection for military caregivers as they deal with the impacts of isolation ...
Most people enter military service “with the fundamental sense that they are good people and that they are doing this for good purposes, on the side of freedom and country and God,” said Dr. Wayne Jonas, a military physician for 24 years and president and CEO of the Samueli Institute, a non-profit health research organization. “But things ...
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.
George Spafford Evans (August 8, 1826 – September 17, 1883) was a military officer, miner, businessman, county clerk for Tuolumne County, customs official, and clerk for the California State Senate.
There are plenty of reasons young recruits should join the military, Paschall said -- the discipline and the sense of loyalty and duty in military life are all selling points he brings up. But mainly, he likes the idea of being a mentor. "As a recruiter, when we meet these young men and women, we take a personal bond to them," he added.