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PEARL HARBOR (Aug. 19, 2008) U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jeff Wheeler receives an American flag from a Navy honor guard detail during a scattering of ashes ceremony honoring his grandfather and Pearl Harbor survivor, Major Wheeler. Wheeler was a U.S. Navy chief petty officer assigned to the minesweeper USS Widgeon (AM 22) during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The ceremony included a religious ceremony, a three-volley rifle salute and a bugler sounding Taps. Also in attendance was Wheeler's local church choir who sang the Navy Hymn. (U.S. Navy photo by Blair Martin/Released)
Photo by Gary Sheftick - October 10, 2008 - Soldier of the Year Spc. David Obray greets a veteran Wednesday at the World War II Memorial in Wahington, D.C.
Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Rebecca Ingram nears the finish of the national Run for the Fallen’s final 10-kilometer leg at Arlington National Cemetery on the morning of Aug. 24. Photo by Master Sgt. Bob Haskell, National Guard Bureau.
A SISTER'S GRIEF - Heather Jutras Glasgow grieves at her brother's grave in Arlington National Cemetery, Aug. 24, 2008. She, her mother, father and younger brother participated in the last day of "Run for the Fallen," a cross-country memorial event to honor troops who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Defense Dept. photo by Samantha L. Quigley. Story
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Aug. 18, 2008) Senator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) signs his autograph for Chief Culinary Specialist Steve Fontanilla on a photo taken of the two of them in 1991 in the Secretary of the Navy's flag mess. Inouye, who earned the Medal of Honor for his actions during World War II, spoke today at a monthly professional development meeting at U.S. Pacific Command. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Elisia V. Gonzales/Released)
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Aug. 14, 2008) Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., visits the USS Arizona Memorial. Obama was in Hawaii while on vacation with his family. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael A. Lantron/Released)
New program gives vets advantage in owning a business. Employees of Schneider International, Inc., a trucking company headquartered in Green Bay, Wis., stand outside the headquarters July 1 for a ceremony marking the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Schneider and the Department of Veterans Affairs. (Courtesy photo)
Acting Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley speaks at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Orlando on Aug. 18. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Laviska)
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Wounded Warriors Train to Climb Mount McKinley
August 12, 2008 - Sgt. 1st Class Matt Nyman climbs a 5.8 pitch on his prosthetic leg. Photo by Maj. Marc Hoffmeist.
August 12, 2008 - Retired U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Jon Kuniholm (left) and Army Maj. Marc Hoffmeister pause during roped team movement on Pika Glacier. Photo by courtesy.
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Veterans Groups Briefed in Iraq
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul Lefebvre, center, Multinational Corps Iraq deputy commanding general, briefs, from left, Julie Cram, deputy assistant to the president and director of public liaison; Robert Hastings, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs; Norbert Ryan, former U.S. Navy vice admiral and president of the Military Officers Association of America; and George Lisicki, national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, about the status of operations throughout Iraq, July 30, 2008. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Woody Paschall.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers leaders and contractors brief a group of veterans' organizations representatives about the design and construction of the new U.S. Embassy Compound, July 29, 2008. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Woody Paschall.
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Airman Finds Piece of Family History at Lackland
The "Heaven's Above" B-17 sits as a static display at the parade grounds at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Meredith Canales) Read Story
A World War II flight crew stands in front of the "Heaven's Above." Howard Gibbs is center in the back row. (Courtesy photo)
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Marine Corps War Memorial
Mary Pero, 75, of Conemaugh, Pa., poses with Jonathan Scharfen, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, for media after receiving her brother's certificate of citizenship at the Marine Corps War Memorial July 29. Her brother, Sgt. Michael Strank, helped raise the American flag atop Iwo Jima's Mount Suribach sixty-three years ago. Photo ByLine: Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook.
Cols. Dave Lapan and Gregg Sturdevant talk with Mary Perot, 75, next to the Marine Corps War Memorial after she was presented with her brother's certificate of citizenship July 29. Her brother, Sgt. Michael Strank and the right-most Marine in the statue, was mortally wounded eight days after Joe Rosenthal captured the now iconic flag raising.
Photo Date Taken: 7/29/2008. Photo By Line: Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook
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