Tempe renamed a downtown street Veterans Way with the idea that a veterans memorial would one day be built along the aptly named road.

They were young soldiers once — and friends ever since. Tom Brooks, a Vietnam War veteran, organized a gathering of men he knew from the 1st Air Cavalry Division during the late 1960s.

A Surprise mother who lost one of her sons to enemy gunfire while serving in Iraq is helping to carry through on his message of goodwill to others. Marc Lee, who on Aug. 2, 2006, was the first Navy Seal to be killed by enemy forces during the war in Iraq, sent home a letter to loved ones that wound up striking a nerve with his mother, Debbie.

Dark brown stones mark the almost 47,000 graves at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix, nearly blending in with the surrounding desert ground. But on Monday, each grave was also marked with a small American flag waving in a gentle breeze.

A replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial recently came through the Valley.

Thirty-four years after a Viet Cong bullet ended Art Lucero's job as a U.S. Navy field medic, the Mesa man is still coping.

Scottsdale Public Library debuted its latest exhibit, the Vietnam Experience, to the public today.

Oscar Muñoz, 56, didn’t get the word about wearing white at last week’s pro-immigration rally in downtown Phoenix.

Oscar Muñoz, 56, didn’t get the word about wearing white at last week’s pro-immigration rally in downtown Phoenix.

Scottsdale’s Civic Center Library debuted its latest exhibit, The Vietnam Experience, to the public this week.

HANOI, Vietnam - President Bush, on his first visit to a country where America lost a two-decade-long fight against communism, said Friday the Vietnam War's lesson for today's confounding Iraq conflict is that freedom takes time to trump hatred.

The crew frantically radioed news of the crash. Under heavy attack in the enemy-controlled city of Hue, Vietnam, hope waned for the downed helicopter’s passengers and crew.

Honor, remember and celebrate the lives of the fallen military men and women with events throughout the East Valley in the upcoming days.

Feeding 400 veterans on motorcycles isn't cheap. But a group of Mesa volunteers has taken on the task of raising the money to feed about 400 veterans who will ride into Phoenix in May as part of the Veterans' Run to the Wall.

Central Arizona College Veterans Day Ceremonies

Central Arizona College Veterans Day Ceremonies

Central Arizona College Veterans Day Ceremonies

Central Arizona College Veterans Day Ceremonies

RITTMAN, Ohio - The cracking of rifle fire silenced the twittering blue jays, blackbirds and killdeer. As members of the color guard lowered their rifles, the smell of bitter smoke drifted over the family and friends of former Army Sgt. Ellis Hale, a Vietnam War veteran who died of prostate cancer at age 59. Sniffles and gentle sobs accompanied a recording of taps.

Things were quite different when Mesa resident Ann C. Culver graduated from basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in 1958.

STAR VALLEY - Ken Moorin lies on his back, knees bent, hands behind his head. His body trembles and shakes involuntarily, releasing tension.

Staring down the barrel of a German tank might make a lesser man blink and become blind with fear, but 92-year-old Merle Jones didn’t survive that day in 1944 for lack of seeing straight in tight situations.

Every guy sitting around the bar inside Gilbert’s American Legion Post 39 has his own story to tell.

ASU CARILLON TRIBUTE: Arizona State University’s Symphonic Carillon is a memorial to those in the ASU community who gave their lives in service to their country. Their names will be read at noon Wednesday in front of the Memorial Union on the Tempe campus.