The weird engineering that links old ships of the line and the SR-71 Blackbird
One is the fastest jet ever produced, capable of outrunning anti-air missiles while capturing reconnaissance in some of the most hostile airspace on Earth.
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Edition · Issue 2026-08-05
August 5, 2026
9 stories curated for veterans on this date.
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LEGACY
Finland beat the Russians so hard we’re still cheering for them 80 years later
Russia is usually (for good reason) portrayed as the bad guy here in the West, which is not a surprise to anyone watching Russia flounder in Ukraine.
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SERVICE
Women veterans recreate WWII pin-ups with fighter planes to help hospitalized vets
Pin-Ups for Vets, a non-profit organization that supports hospitalized and deployed service members and their families, has been creating a pin-up calendar for fundraising efforts since 2006, but the.
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ADVOCACY
Publicizing special operator identities could be a crime under proposed law
Publicizing the identities of special operations troops could be criminalized under the same laws that protect intelligence agents, according to a proposal included in the House version of the annual.
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SERVICE
Air Force plans to keep its M18 pistols
The Air Force plans to stick with the M18 pistol as its sidearm, which the service has been issuing to airmen for the past several years, an Air Force spokesperson said.
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HEALTH
Team effort brings critical support to help a blind Veteran in crisis
A coordinated response that restored safety, stability and hope What began as a chance encounter became an all-hands-on-deck effort to help a Veteran facing overwhelming hardship.
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BENEFITS
Standing strong after the storm: Natural disasters fraud prevention
Communities face enormous challenges after a natural disaster. Scammers often target Veterans and their families when they’re most overwhelmed.
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LEGACY
How this Medal of Honor recipient finally came home from the Korean War
In 1948, Luther Herschel Story wanted to join the U.S. Army . Because he was only 16 years old, it wasn’t his decision alone to make. The high school sophomore needed his mother’s consent.
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FAMILY
Everybody Wanted to Visit the Wounded Soldier. I Wanted to Be Left Alone
S. Army Signal Corps " /> It was only a month after the roadside bombing. I was still in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center , Germany, in June 2006, undergoing successive rounds of surgery.
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LEGACY
Hero’s Bridge: no veteran left behind
For some Americans, supporting veterans often means thinking about those returning from today’s conflicts. But numerous aging veterans, particularly those from World War II, the Korean War, or the...
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