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Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (Chicago Tribune file photo)

JB Pritzker grants clemency to deported combat veteran Miguel Perez

By Kallie Cox, News Editor
September 4, 2019
Daily Egyptian file photo

Marion VA to Showcase Veterans’ Artwork at Surplus Gallery

By Rana Schenke, Staff Reporter
September 10, 2018
World War II veteran Calvin Maginel, of Anna, looks through a Rolodex Friday, Nov. 10, 2017, at his home in Anna. (Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz)

WWII veteran reflects on his time at war, Veterans Day

By Amelia Blakely
November 11, 2017
Henry C. Ruth III, of Springfield, Tenn., points to another hunting group Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, during a Wounded Warriors duck hunt at Grassy Lake Hunting Club in Jonesboro. “I think it’s very healing for those who are wounded to come out and be with their own soldiers that are just like them,” said Ruth, who retired from the Army after 28 years of service. “Being able to do that makes them normal.” (Ryan Michalesko | @photosbylesko)

Southern Illinois hunt unites wounded veterans (PHOTOS)

By Tyra Wooten
December 4, 2016
Kenny Turnbaugh, a senior from Carbondale studying history, stands in line with his fellow ROTC cadets during a Veterans Day ceremony Friday, Nov. 11, at Veterans Memorial Plaza. (Bill Lukitsch | @lukitsbill)

Carbondale community celebrates Veterans Day

By Athena Chrysanthou
November 12, 2016
Photo of the Day: Guarding the flag

Photo of the Day: Guarding the flag

By Jacob Wiegand
November 11, 2016
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk and U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth. (TNS)

Republicans air TV ad blasting Duckworth on VA scandal

By Rick Pearson | Chicago Tribune
October 14, 2016
(Autumn Suyko | DailyEgyptian.com)

Photo of the day: Looking for peace in Carbondale

By Autumn Suyko
September 22, 2016
Military veteran James Summers, a sophomore from Thompsonville studying computer and electrical engineering, poses outside his Jeep Grand Cherokee on Thursday in Carbondale. Summers was homeless and living out of his Jeep for the first month at SIU after finishing his service contract in Sigonella, Italy. I was counting on the GI Bill for my federal benefits, Summers said. But what I didn’t know was that you only get paid after the fact. So that was the first hit where I was like, What am I going to do? … So I lived in the Jeep, showered at the Rec Center and ate a lot of fast food. … There were a couple of days there where it snowed really bad and I’d wake up and couldn’t even feel my feet. Like you’re just frozen. Summers said although the situation was unpleasant, he did not believe it was dire enough to live in a homeless shelter. In my mind, me living in my Jeep in a Walmart parking lot is me getting by. Me going to a homeless shelter — that’s tantamount to admitting defeat, he said. — April 7, 2016, Carbondale, Ill. (Morgan Timms | @morgan_timms)

Transition house planned for homeless veterans at SIU

By Anna Spoerre, @annaspoerre
April 8, 2016
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