Veterans

Chosen 300 Ministries in Philadelphia served meals and offered hope to vets in need on Veteran’s Day 2024.

Eagles Insider Dave Spadaro and U.S. Army veteran Paul Muller, the president of the Tri-State Toyota Dealers Association, join NBC10’s Matt DeLucia to preview the Philadelphia Eagles’ patriotic Salute to Service game and a special veteran being honored.

Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman has been posthumously awarded the rank of general. Tubman was the first woman to oversee an American military action during a time of war. Dozens gathered on Veterans Day at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park in Maryland’s Dorcester County for a formal ceremony making Tubman a one-star brigadier general in the state’s National...

Former Philadelphia Eagles wideout Jason Avant joined Gold Star Gamers for a night of fun at Lincoln Financial Field on Veterans Day.

Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman has been posthumously awarded the rank of general.

President Biden spoke at the last Veterans Day event of his presidency at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday.

Medal of Honor recipient, retired Army Staff Sgt. Clint Romesha, and Toyota ambassador, former Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman John Wayne Troxell, tell NBC10’s Matt DeLucia about the work Toyota and Hiring our Heroes do the ensure that vets and their spouses have employment.

After working at a crowded and dangerous internment camp in Iraq, Air Force Staff Sgt. Heather O’Brien brought home with her anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. A bouncy labradoodle and a Kansas City-area program helped her get back on her feet. Dogs 4 Valor, operated through an organization called The Battle Within, helps retired veterans and first responders in the...

NBC10’s Frances Wang is at the annual Delaware County Veterans Day Parade in Media, Pennsylvania, Monday as people honor those who served. The parade was one of several Veterans Day events throughout the region including a ceremony on the Battleship New Jersey and students in Montgomery County holding a concert for vets.

Many veterans who’ve started small businesses tell a similar story: Their military service prepared them mentally for the task, but they were at a disadvantage when it came to the financial part.

The federal holiday of Veterans Day falls on Monday, Nov. 11, for 2024. The day, which honors living veterans who served in the military, dates back to 1919.

In appreciation of Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 11, businesses will honor active-duty and retired military with all sorts of deals.

Both Veterans Day and Memorial Day have significant meaning to many veterans, members of the U.S. armed services and their families.

The statistics come amid renewed calls to change a law that has thrown many veterans into sudden hardship.

Comedian Jon Stewart and troops sickened by uranium have ended a meeting at the Department of Veterans Affairs angry that once again they have been told they will have to wait to see whether the VA will connect their illnesses to the toxic base where they were deployed shortly after 9/11.

Special operations forces deployed to Karshi-Khanabad, or “K2,” in Uzbekistan have pressed the Department of Veterans Affairs for help for years, but so far the VA has not acted.

The Best Defense Foundation brought American veterans back to the battlefields where they served.

Post Crashers is a youth-led service-learning club at the Jersey Shore that is dedicated to supporting veterans and those suffering with PTSD, homelessness and food insecurity. Their efforts span throughout Atlantic, Ocean and Cape May counties where they deliver fresh crops to nonprofits. NBC10’s Ted Greenberg shares more about the work they are doing.

World War II veteran Harold Terens and his sweetheart Jeanne Swerlin proved that love is eternal as they tied the knot near the D-Day beaches in Normandy, France. He’s 100, she’s a youngster of just 96.

Robert Persichitti suffered a medical episode while on a ship en route to Normandy, he was airlifted to a hospital in Germany and “died peacefully” to music by his favorite artist, Frank Sinatra.