WESLACO, Texas - Remember. Honor. Heal.
The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., is coming to the Rio Grande Valley.
Presented by UT-Rio Grande Valley and the City of Edinburg, the traveling...
HARLINGEN, RGV - Rio Grande Valley veterans finally got to meet the head of the VA on Monday when cabinet secretary Robert McDonald visited Harlingen and McAllen.
Valley veterans' leaders have been pressing for such a meeting for many years.
The...
McALLEN, RGV - Following the visit of VA Secretary Robert McDonald to the Rio Grande Valley on Monday, local veterans and members of Congress say they are closer to securing a VA hospital for the region than ever before.
And...
SGT. Edward Anguiano - Los Fresnos - 23 Mar 2003 - Iraq
PFC. Juan Garza - San Benito - 8 Apr 2003 - Iraq
PFC Rey Cuervo - Laguna Vista - 28 Dec 2003 - Iraq
PFC Dustin Sekula - Edinburg -...
As a Vietnam Veteran for the United States Marine Corps, I understand the difficult sacrifices that military men and women and their families endure on a daily basis, and the challenges they face when they return home.
I was honored...
PHARR, Texas - There are still a few dozen spaces reserved for veterans that would like to have lunch and be honored in Pharr, Texas, today, Veterans Day.
The event is called the My Hero’s Keeper Project: A Veterans Legacy...
LA FERIA, Texas - The Texas Workforce Commission is to recognize Noble Texas Builders for having military veterans comprise at least ten percent of its workforce.
A “We Hire Vets” ceremony will be held at the Noble headquarters in La...
MISSION, RGV - Veterans groups along with Mission city officials and residents honored Vietnam war hero Noe Magallan on Veteran’s Day.
Sgt. Noe Magallan, a Mission native, was killed in action on Sept. 23, 1966, aged 32. He had a...
SAN BENITO, RGV - Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, a native of Rio Grande City who commanded U.S. ground forces in Iraq, will be keynote speaker at San Benito’s Vietnam-Era Veterans’ Tribute ceremony on Oct. 24.
San Benito...
HARLINGEN, RGV - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn are angry with the way the Department of Veterans Affairs is being run, claiming a new study demonstrates "systemic failure to care for our veterans."
The two Texas Republicans sent...
