Medal of Honor recipent shares experience, Veterans express meaning of Veterans Day

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[Video] North Dakota Medal of Honor recipient honored others by continuing to serve

Michael “Mike” Fitzmaurice, did not want to go to college and joined the Army out of family tradition more than anything else. He enlisted with some buddies at the height of the Vietnam War and later found himself in Khe Sanh, Vietnam.

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VA released a major update on the MyVA transformation, Secretary McDonald’s effort to transform VA into the top customer service agency in the federal government. This third edition of the program’s semi-annual report shows progress serving veterans with more services, in better time.

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This week we honor Army Veteran John Kamin.

John enlisted in the Army in 2005 as a 13B Field Artillery and served on active duty until 2008 with one tour in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

He was recalled from the Inactive Reserves in 2010 for his second deployment to Iraq.

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