Hounds and Heroes pairs veterans with therapy animals
Hounds and Heroes works to pair rescue dogs with veterans coping with post-traumatic stress disorder. Bonnie-Jill Laflin, the group's founder, joined News Nation's “Morning in America” to share how the animals offer not only healing but also life-saving companionship. U.S. Army specialist Nick Dolan says the bond with his service dog Guinness has h…
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Canadian fundraiser aims to break mental health silence for First Responders
A night of live music, dancing, and a roast beef supper will bring the community together in St. Louis on June 14, as the River Valley Resilience Retreat (RVRR) hosts its first ever “ Boots, Badges and Fiddles Dinner & Dance Fundraiser .” As Arjun Pillai reports, the event is set to take place at the St. Louis Community Hall, kicking off at 5.30 p.m. …
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Veterans find healing on horseback
The burden of war often follows veterans home, where traditional therapy and medicine don’t always reach. But as Adam Longo reports for ABC 7, in the peaceful countryside of Loudoun County, Virginia, a different kind of therapy is turning the tide — one hoofbeat at a time. At Loudoun Therapeutic Riding (LTR) , a 90-acre thoroughbred horse farm in Lovettsv…
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Veterans art festival serves to change lives
The 44th event co-hosted by the Department of Veterans Affairs and American Legion Auxiliary celebrates award-winning artwork of veterans as Cameran Richardson reports. David Seligman created something tangible to give him understanding of his invisible wound from war. It’s a handblown piece of clear glass brick with black nails protruding from the top tha…
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War and remembrance
On 23 January 1946 the 28th (Maori) Battalion arrived in Wellington, after returning from service during World War Two. This film follows the return of the soldiers to New Zealand and shows communities preparing festivities. The battalion fought during the Greek, North African and Italian campaigns, during which it earned a formidable reputation as a figh…
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Explore the WW2 lives of the Māori community
Between 1941 and 1945, New Zealand’s 28th (Māori) Battalion forged an outstanding reputation on the battlefields of Greece, Crete, North Africa and Italy. But who were the people behind this now famous photograph? Here, we take a closer look.
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Hear the untold stories of Native American veterans
The Warrior Tradition tells the astonishing, heartbreaking, inspiring, and largely-untold story of Native Americans in the United States military. The film relates the stories of Native American warriors from their own points of view – stories of service and pain, of courage and fear.
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Why we serve: Native American witnesses to WW2
Comanche code talker Charles Chibitty was one of many Native Americans who used their languages to communicate secret messages that helped the Allies win World War II . Lumbee tribal citizen Jesse Oxendine was also part of the 82nd Airborne division that encountered Nazi atrocities when they liberated the Wöbbelin concentration camp. Listen to Dr. Edna Fr…
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Confronting PTSD with Combat Stress
It’s incredible to think, that 2025 marks 106 years since Combat Stress, the UK’s leading charity for veterans’ mental health was founded, back on the 12th May, 1919. Their original name was the Ex-Servicemen’s Welfare Society and they opened their first “recuperative home” in 1920 on Putney Hill in South West London, for soldiers suffering Shell-Shock fr…
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Have you read Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy?
Regeneration is the first novel in Pat Barker's Booker Prize-winning Regeneration trilogy - a powerfully moving portrait of the deep legacy of human trauma in the First World War. Craiglockhart War Hospital, Scotland, 1917, and army psychiatrist William Rivers is treating shell-shocked soldiers. Under his care are the poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wi…
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Where will history take you?
The Imperial War Museum North makes full use of its renowned architecture to present powerful and inspiring stories. Explore a vast collection of objects and learn about the impact of world-shaping events on ordinary people’s lives. Also, check out the IWM's new collection of books which have been published to mark 80 years since Victory in Europe Day …
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How will you mark Victory in Europe Day?
World War Two was the most destructive global conflict in history. It began when Nazi Germany unleashed ferocious attacks across Europe - but it spread to the Soviet Union, China, Japan and the United States. Cities were destroyed by air raids, the atom bomb was dropped on Japan and six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust. Over 50 million soldiers a…
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Go behind the ‘Iron Curtain’ with Cold War Conversations
Hosts Ian Sanders, James Chilcott and Peter Ryan bring your ears into the heart of the Cold War . Reading a history book is one thing, but actually hearing a human voice brings a whole new dimension to understanding what it was like to be directly impacted by the Cold War.
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Welcome back to the German Democratic Republic
After World War Two, the German Democratic Republic, also known as East Germany, was founded as a second German state, alongside the Federal Republic of Germany, which was more commonly known as West Germany. This partition reflected the victorious US, French and UK forces on the West, who during WW2 had joined forces with the Soviet Union in the East. Whi…
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Welcome to Mississippi, the home of people's stories
More than 100 years ago, the blues was born in Mississippi . The sounds of the state gave country its twang, R&B its soul, jazz its blue note, and rock ‘n’ roll its king. Mississippi is also home to some incredible stories of ordinary people and we invite you to listen. Growing up poor in the South, Erskine Caldwell had limited access to books and maga…
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Will you join the Run to Remember?
The Run to Remember is more than a race: it’s a celebration of life that unites people from around the world. Their mission is to celebrate life, reach for the future, honor the memories of those killed in the 1995 Oklahoma bombing and unite the world in hope. Will you be taking part? All money raised through registrations, sponsorships and any other rac…
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Meet Bob Le Sueur. An ordinary man and his extraordinary life in occupied Jersey
In 2022, tributes poured in for Bob Le Sueur , a hero during the Nazi occupation of Jersey in World War Two. The historian, who died aged 102, was best known for saving many escaped Russian slave labourers during the occupation. His friend Chris Stone said he was an "incredibly generous person" who spent his life helping others. Mr Stone, of BB…
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Iraqi war survivor visits Mestalla
At the beginning of January, during the week of the match against Real Madrid CF, two Valencia CF fans were able to meet the squad and accompany the players at Mestalla. In 2017, Abboud Salaam lost his home and his family disappeared under bombing in Iraq. He was left alone and seriously injured. Manhal Al-Qaisi came to rescue him and care for him. In the …
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Boxing for his life. The story of Victor ‘Young’ Perez
“Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to the Palace of Sports in Paris, France where 16,000 wildly excited fans are ready for the main event of the evening tonight, October 24th 1931! This match is for the World Flyweight crown!” Have you heard the story of Victor 'Young’ Perez, the flyweight boxing champion who was originally from Tunis but died in the Holoc…
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A light in the darkness of Britain’s Holocaust history
Back in 2019, the BBC reported that Britain’s oldest poppy seller Ron Jones died aged 102. He collected for the Royal British Legion’s poppy appeal for more than 30 years, eventually stopping aged 101. The retired steelworker from Newport was a prisoner of war in the Auschwitz concentration camp while serving in the 1st Battalion Welch Regiment during Wor…
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