Heroes


January 19, 2017
The all-black basketball teams that competed in the USA before the National Basketball Association (NBA) became racially integrated were called the "Black Fives".
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November 17, 2016
The short videos Places Like This: A Veteran Expedition & Places Like This: The Value of Wilderness tell us the stories of group expeditions where teamwork in the wilderness is used to heal vets...
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November 17, 2016
Read testimonies from veterans who went on group expeditions in the wild, harnessing the healing powers of teamwork and the wilderness.
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September 08, 2016
Iraq veteran who lost his leg below the knee and his arm below the elbow talks about living with no excuses.
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September 08, 2016
Often, the young men who partnered with these dogs yearn to adopt them—but it takes money, time, and the ability to navigate bureaucracies. Enter Molli Oliver.
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September 08, 2016
Seven decades after being shot down over Normandy during World War II, Fred Glover returns to the scene to raise money for charity.
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September 08, 2016
Blinded veteran epitomizes the kind of can-do attitude the Paralympics enshrine.
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September 07, 2016
After flying military planes during World War II, raising a family, visiting all seven continents and bungee-jumping in New Zealand at 83, Elaine Harmon had one final, seemingly simple wish: to be...
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July 03, 2016
The frail, dapper man who sometimes greeted reporters in his Madison Avenue office spoke in an almost hushed voice, but with urgency, his hands gesturing gently for emphasis.
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May 31, 2016
World War II veteran invited to throw the first pitch at a Mariners' game against the Padres turns in an admirable performance.
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May 27, 2016
The 96-year-old retired chest surgeon credited with developing the namesake Heimlich maneuver has used it to save a woman choking on food at his senior living center.
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May 26, 2016
Charles Linville and Chad Jukes take on climbing as a way to recover from their own war wounds and offer hope to others.
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May 24, 2016
An 8-year-old Wisconsin girl received a life-changing gift Tuesday from a special donor: a teacher at her school.
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May 11, 2016
Sarah Rudder was on the verge of a key promotion in the U.S. Marines on Sept. 11, 2001, when the terrorist attacks struck and eventually left her without a leg.
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April 19, 2016
She laughed. She wept. She walked. She ran. For amputee Adrianne Haslet, the Boston Marathon was a grueling 10½-hour odyssey.
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