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Each year, the Iowa State Veterans Trust Fund can spend $500,000 on assisting veterans who apply for funds. This year, the fund ran out of money in October.
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The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday night to pass long-sought bipartisan legislation to expand health care benefits for millions of veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits during their military service.
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Keokuk National Cemetery is the only national cemetery in Iowa, but the road leading to it leaves a lot to be desired.
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The graves of 35 Union soldiers were honored with headstones after more than a century of laying unmarked.
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After witnessing the collapse of the two towers on Sept. 11, an Ottumwa native ran to ground zero and has been working to memorialize it since.
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Brent Westemeyer, Sergeant First Class Sean Everette and Joy Tumilson McMeekan join Ben Kieffer to remember the sacrifices made by Iowa veterans Harold "Pie" Keller of Brooklyn, William Tucker of Bedford and Jon Tumilson of Rockford.
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The oldest Latino advocacy organization in Iowa has launched a campaign to restore a mural painted by a Vietnam War veteran who recently died. It’s a project to preserve American history and Hispanic culture.
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Jeannette Gray, Sergeant First Class Sean Everette and Eldon Maxwell join Ben Kieffer to discuss the life of Army Corporal Eldert Beek, whose remains were finally returned to Iowa nearly 70 years after he was killed in action during the war in Korea. Later, Russ Lovell discusses three Iowa Supreme Court cases you've probably never heard of.
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John Paluska had just arrived in New York City to start his freshman year of college in September, 2001. Soon after watching the World Trade Centers collapse, Paluska volunteered to search for survivors, clear debris and recover human remains. Paluska would go on to serve ten years in the U.S Army as a Green Beret, earning a Purple Heart. He is also a co-founder of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum Visionary Network.
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John Paluska of Ottumwa was an 18-year-old freshman at Fordham University in New York City on September 11, 2001. He watched the south tower of the World Trade Center collapse from the roof of his dormitory. Paluska then volunteered to search for survivors, clear debris and recover human remains at ground zero. Soon after, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and became a Green Beret.