We talk with Lee Woodruff about her efforts to raise money for veterans through the Bob Woodruff Foundation's Tweet To ReMIND campaign.
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Lee also talks about her latest book, "Perfectly Imperfect," which depicts the ups and downs of family life. Listen now.
Shurvon Phillip was paralyzed and left unable to speak by a roadside bomb explosion in Iraq. His mother, Gail Ulerie, remains optimistic and gives thanks for the little victories each day.
After Kara Wooten suffered a sixth IED (improvised explosive device) detonation as an Army medic, she had brain trauma and eye damage. While she receives treatment at Fort Bragg, N.C., her mother, Julia Spalding, is raising Kara's son in Kentucky.
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¡Marque su calendario! El 25 de mayo, Día de los Caídos, V-Me transmitirá una presentación en español del especial televisivo de AARP Familias Militares, un nuevo despertar. Este especial se enfoca en las familias de veteranos que han sido heridos en las guerras de Iraq y Afganistán.
On Memorial Day, May 25th, V-Me will air a special presentation of AARP's television special Picking Up the Pieces in Spanish. The TV special focuses on families of wounded veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Soldiers' loved ones are making inspiring and often shocking sacrifices to care for them. Host Jane Pauley talks to family members and also interviews ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff and his wife, Lee, who share their personal story of recovery and healing. Please visit V-Me's website for local times and channel listings.
A compilation of AARP TV segments honoring veterans, including stories on a scandal of fake medals, a community that honors a returning hero and his mother, how dogs are helping returning warriors, and more. Watch now.
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Wounded soldiers' loved ones are making inspiring and often shocking sacrifices to care for them. Jane Pauley talks to some family members and also interviews ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff and his wife, Lee, who share their personal story of recovery and healing.
AARP Radio interviews five families about the hurdles they face when their wounded soldiers return home. Learn how family and faith are helping to heal their loved ones. Listen now.
Grandparents and other non-spousal, kinship caregivers now receive a one-time, $100,000 "death gratuity" to raise a fallen soldier's child.
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