Memorial Day

Air Force/Senior Airman Karla Parramilitary suicide prevention

Memorial Day look at the undercounted veterans who die by suicide from the battlefield

On Memorial Day, we recall those who didn’t return. The tragic pattern of those who return only to take their own lives, that’s an ongoing challenge.

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this May 22, 2020 photo, a U.S. flag decorates a veteran's grave at Alabama National Cemetery in Montevallo, Ala. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the government has banned public ceremonies and the mass placement of flags on graves at the country's 142 national cemeteries. With almost 4.9 million people interred in the cemeteries, thousands would attend memorial events and help mark graves with flags during a typical Memorial Day weekend. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)

Gallery: Armed services pay tribute on a very different Memorial Day

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Members of the Army 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, place flags at the headstone of fallen military members during its annual Flags In ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, May 24, 2018, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

How to keep the memory in Memorial Day

Even if you don’t know a soul buried in Arlington, you’ll feel they’re yours.

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Rapid-fire firing plan: Now what?

In the news business the best way to bury a story is to release or leak it on the Friday afternoon before a major national holiday. Such was the case this…

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PHOTOS: National Memorial Day concert at Capitol honors the fallen

National Memorial Day Concert on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., May 27, 2018. The concert’s mission is to unite the country in remembrance and appreciation of the fallen and to serve those who are grieving.

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