ESPN Teams with DAV to Help America’s Disabled Veterans Access Life-Changing Services
COLD SPRING, Ky. (June 20, 2019) —DAV (Disabled American Veterans) and ESPN are teaming up to support disabled veterans across the country. As part of the new relationship,...
The Impact of a VA audiologist
One veteran speaks out about his struggle with the most common service-connected disability, hearing loss The word “disability” conjures different images in the mind, but b...
An ‘Alive Day’ rose
Family marks Vietnam veteran’s life after tragedy D.J. Katsur had just turned 18 in the summer of 1969 when she got word her older brother had been critically wounded in [&...
75 years of the GI Bill
Celebrating one of the most significant and successful pieces of federal legislation ever produced for America and its veterans After graduating from high school in 1992, A...
Honor, Courage, Commitment
Lone surviving WWII Marine Medal of Honor recipient shares his story—and much more It was famously noted by former President Ronald Reagan that Marines don’t spend their li...
The future of health care
How technology is giving veterans new options Navy veteran Mark Doyle’s life changed in a heartbeat in the summer of 2004 when he took a 25-foot fall on the ship […]
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
Four DAV advocates appeal WWII-era veteran’s claim decades after his injury flew under the radar. 94-year-old Oscar Masters will never forget training as a bombardier durin...
Family Affair
Father’s DAV service helps provide camaraderie, benefits to veteran son in need Like any young teenager, Donnie Reed wasn’t happy at the prospect of being uprooted from his...
The first ‘Alive Day’
As DAV Magazine continues featuring members whose lives were forever changed a half-century ago, we highlight the man credited with the concept of wounded veterans celebrat...
Appeals modernization in action
Veteran with languished claim receives timely decision through Rapid Appeals Modernization Program Mike Brenaman was a healthy 21-year-old soldier stationed in northern Ger...