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TOP PHOTO: The Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, Dan Sitterly, and other representatives from the Department of Veterans Affairs attended the unveiling of the Veterans Memorial Mural at the McPherson Square metro station on Vermont and I streets in Washington DC. The multi-panel mural was a collaboration between the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, DowntownDC Business Improvement District, and Words Beats & Life. Lead artist Addison Karl created this mural entitled "In Service" to honor Veterans.

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Are you a fan of podcasts? Borne the Battle is our weekly podcast where we interview Veterans and share their stories with you.

This week on Borne The Battle we sit down and talk to Marine Corps Veteran Brett D'Alessandro and his longtime girlfriend, Alexa Modero, about their nonprofit Backpacks For Life.

We talk about fighting Veteran homelessness, adjusting to civilian life, and finding a true purpose. Brett and Alexa have made it their mission to help those Veterans that find themselves with nothing but a backpack. In fact, with the nonprofit, Backpacks for Life the first thing they are doing is literally improving the backpack on homeless Veterans’ shoulders.

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Hero of Brecourt Manor: Richard Winters

Richard “Dick” Winters served in the Army during World War II where he was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division and volunteered for the rigorous paratrooper training program. Later assigned to Company E, commonly referred to as "Easy Company," he served with heroism and distinction in D-Day, the Brecourt Manor Assault, Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge. Richard's story inspired the hit HBO series Band of Brothers.

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Rolling Thunder held a candlelight vigil at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

This yearly event, which is held every Memorial Day weekend, brings together over 500,000 motorcyclists who ride through the nation’s capital to honor military members who are missing in action, or prisoners of war.

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VANTAGE POINT

• Build a biomedical and clinical engineering career caring for Veterans as a VA Healthcare Technology Management professional
• Plan summer vacation and activities with ShopVCS.com
• Can video games help in mental health recovery?
• Tee-shirts say “You’re not alone” to MST survivors
• Veterans in Burn Pit Registry helping fellow Vets

VA NEWS RELEASES

• MESSAGE FROM VA Secretary Robert Wilkie - "Fact check" inaccuracies in a recent news article"
• VA encourages Veterans to quit tobacco on World No Tobacco Day

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