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07/01/2021 04:00 PM EDT

Navy Veteran Charles

Navy Veteran Charles served in World War II. He came to VA after his eyesight began failing. The staff at the VISOR Center helped Charles continue living independently, despite his condition.

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07/01/2021 02:00 PM EDT

Marvin Strombo AVS

Marine Corps Veteran Marvin Strombo traveled 10,000 miles to Japan from his hometown in Montana to return a Japanese flag he had taken during World War II.

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07/01/2021 11:30 AM EDT

Army Veteran Dempsey Bruton is today's Veteran of the day.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Dempsey Bruton, who served in the occupation of post-World War II Germany in a field artillery battalion.

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07/01/2021 10:00 AM EDT

Man in harness beside rock climbing wall

VA Medical Center Spinal Cord Injury Unit returns to using its 50 feet rock wall as therapy for Veterans. Two Veterans share their experience.

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07/01/2021 09:00 AM EDT

Tim Strebel (left) worked with Dr. Christos Makridis, a senior research advisor at VA’s National Artificial Intelligence Institute, to create the COVID-19 prognostic tool.

Now, in what Strebel calls the “most significant” work in his seven-year VA career, he’s developed a tool that uses artificial intelligence to calculate the risk of a COVID-19 patient dying within 120 days of diagnosis. The hope is that clinicians can use those predictions to improve the treatment of their patients.

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07/01/2021 08:00 AM EDT

Enjoy the holiday and celebrate our Veterans

The 41st annual A Capitol Fourth Independence Day celebration will be hosted by Vanessa Williams and broadcast from Washington, D.C., on PBS.

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