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WeSalute blog Military & Veterans News Cover Story: When Professional Athletes Went to War When Pat Tillman, the hard-charging safety for the Arizona Cardinals, relinquished a multi-million dollar contract to join the Army with the professed goal of making it as a Ranger, he immediately became an anomaly: In this era of pampered, million-dollar ballplayers, he is a throwback to an earlier age, when the best athletes in America gave some of the best years of their professional careers to serve in the Armed Forces during a time of war.
Military & Veterans News Cover Story: History of Veterans Day At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, nations around the world celebrated the silencing of the guns of World War I, which was referred to at that time as the Great War. After a devastatingly, bitter four-year war, an armistice was signed with the Imperial German Army. A year later our nation observed the first Armistice Day with parades, speeches and ceremonies in remembrance of the sacrifices that were made by the men and women who served our country during the war.
WeSalute blog Military & Veterans News Cover Story: History Channel to Air 'A Veterans Story' Films When John Kormann’s children and grandchildren gathered in front of the TV to watch a video one recent evening, they thought of Kormann as "Dad" and "Gramps." Forty minutes later, their eyes brimming with tears, they clustered about the veteran, reverently calling him "Hero." The video, "A Veteran’s Story -- John Kormann" was a personalized documentary of Kormann’s World War II service in what was then the 17th Airborne Division.
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