War

Analysis Victory in Ramadi not proof of strategy, but it is a milestone Iraqi troops stand their ground to secure key city

A wounded civilian is treated by a soldier as Iraqi security forces help trapped civilians to come out to safe…

United Nations endorses peace process for Syria

Assad’s role not mentioned

Veterans Day memory: Navajo code talker recalls role in WWII

Former U.S. Marine and Navajo Code Talker Roy Hawthorne, center, talks with Marines including Major Gen. Daniel O’Donohue, right, at…

Obama: Veterans have much ‘to give’ nation

At an observance at Arlington National Cemetery, Obama said the Department of Veterans Affairs is getting a bigger budget and…

Young voices honor vets

Former Fort Carson solider Florent Groberg to receive Medal of Honor

Capt. Florent Groberg will receive the Medal of Honor Thursday in a ceremony at the White House.Christian Murdock/The (Colorado Springs)…

Durangoan produces Iwo Jima film

Durangoan Carol Fleisher, left, speaks to Tsuruji Akikusa, seen with Japanese crew producer Nao Uemura, during the 70th annual Reunion…

Honor and duty

Service dog for PTSD sufferer aids family now

WWII POWs finally get medals

John Pederson, center, shows his medals, as well as his honorable-discharge certificate Thursday, with fellow veterans Keith Hereford, left, and…

Durango woman honors lost husband

project takes Durangoan back decades to Vietnam

Soldier was ‘a loving son, brother, hero’

60-acre area dedicated to Iraq war hero

In search of a veteran’s photo

trying to amass missing pictures of fallen heroes

White House hopefuls: Iraq War a mistake

Absence of weapons of mass destruction pivotal in consensus

‘My peers were calling me baby-killer’

1st Lt. George Usinowicz: 1970-71 tour, platoon leader, 65th Engineer Combat Battalion, 25th Infantry Brigade, 4th Transportation Command

‘It leaves you, but it never leaves you’

Capt. Joseph Perino: Late 1969 to Jan. 1971 tour, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry, 198th Brigade

‘Many, many people were happy it was over’

1st Lt. John Malarsie: 1968 to early 1969 tour, military intelligence

‘Shock and awfulness’

40 years after the fall of Saigon, La Plata County Vietnam War vets recall their service, experiences

‘You hated to abandon these people’

Warrant Officer Fred Riedinger: 1967-68 tour with the Coast Guard on the cutter Half Moon

‘Why?’ ‘Was this all in vain?’

1st Lt. Judy Dennis: 1965-66 tour, Army Nurse Corps 85th Evacuation Hospital

‘Shock and awfulness’ – 40 years since Saigon fell

A helicopter lifts off from the U.S. embassy in Saigon, Vietnam, during the last-minute evacuation. On Sunday, several veterans from…

U.S. airstrikes on ISIS in Syria begin

of other nations also participate

Life not all a day at the beach

Glen Marler kept the uniform that got him unscathed through World War II. He earned a bronze arrowhead for being…

Ceremonies honor fallen

Remembering those who sacrificed all on Memorial Day

War heroes walked here

of Honor recipients have ties to Durango