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A Day in the Life of a Veterans Crisis Line Responder

Responders stand ready 24/7, every day of the year, serving Veterans as their family – because trauma doesn’t take a holiday. Call 1-800-273-8255 and Press 1 or send a text message to 838255

A holiday message from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs

On Christmas Eve 1944, Private Burnett Miller was stationed in France. Private Miller wrote to his mother, “It’s the evening before Christmas, but it’s quite hard to realize this. I’ll just sort of skip this year and we’ll all celebrate twice as much next year.” Less than a week later, he saw combat for the first time southwest of Bastogne.

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Alwyn Cashe served the U.S. Army as an infantryman with the 15th Infantry Regiment from 1989-2005. He passed away from complications directly related to the wounds he received... read more.

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