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Cuyahoga County Veterans Service Commission Is At It Again…
The Cuyahoga County Veterans Service Commission (CCVSC) is at it again. Their Healthy Veteran Community initiative met again for the third time. The goal is to provide an open forum to discuss issues facing veterans and their families. Previous meetings uncovered the...
Creative and Expressive Writing to Attain Healing
I have always had an interest in creative writing, but, in my mind, I officially became a poet in Iraq. It was in 2003, during my tour of duty in Baghdad, where I served as a Military Police Officer. While on tour, I read anything and everything that I could get my...
Farewell to John (JC) Sullivan A Great Loss to the Veteran and Irish Communities
Sadly, we have to say goodbye to one of our own…. Our good friend and frequent contributor to this paper, John (JC) Sullivan, passed away in Cleveland on September 22, 2024 surrounded by his family. Everyone who met JC will remember his humor, his patriotism, and his...
Brookpark Marines to Reunite
October 2005: I remember being half-standing in the seat behind the driver, my left leg numb from countless hours of flying, my right leg tapping the floor nervously as we coasted down the streets of Cleveland’s West Side. The sidewalks were packed with local...
Vietnam Vet Counts His Blessings at the Wade Park VA Medical Center
For the umpteenth time, I was at the Wade Park VA Medical Center
Remembering Lieutenant John Runkle
One semester, while teaching at West Point, I gave cadets an assignment to find a veteran’s grave and research that individual to learn who they were —to breathe life into them, even if only on paper —and to share their stories. Little did I know I would one day be...
Veteran Owned and Operated
Most importantly, entrepreneurship put me on the path to fixing my PTSD.
Vet Connect Save The Date
Please save the date! This year we will be hosting our annual Vet Connect event on Saturday September 27, 2025 from 09:00am to 2:00pm at the Browns Huntington Bank Field. This is a Save the Date only. Notification will be sent out when registrtation for vendors and...
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A Connection at the Heart
By Mary Reynolds Powell Author: A World of Hurt: Between Innocence and Arrogance in Vietnam In May, 1971, I was stationed at the 24th Evacuation Hospital in Vietnam. In July 2018, John Schaninger, a patient, found me after securing hospital records for a VA claim. Our...
War Correspondent Shares Stories Soldiers Won’t Tell You
By Nancy Peacock He never fired a weapon. But journalist Kevin Sites is haunted by what it feels like to kill someone in combat. And it is why he felt compelled to write The Things They Cannot Say: Stories Soldiers Won’t Tell You About What They’ve Seen, Done or...
Update: Afghan Allies Await Evacuation
By Jacob Arnett One year ago, I wrote an article for the DD214 Chronicle entitled “Christmas, Afghanistan,” in which I described the perilous situation Afghan translators have faced since the Taliban’s takeover of the country in August 2021. Since then, American...