LOOK: Veteran Reunites Families With Lost Military Medals

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 LOOK: Veteran Reunites Families With Lost Military Medals Vermont Army National Guard captain Zachariah Fike knows how to go above and beyond the call of duty. However, his most notable mission has occurred far from the front lines. When Fike, a member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart and collector of military artifacts and memorabilia, was given an antique Purple Heart by his mother Joyce as a gift he knew exactly what to do, he told NPR. "This is a special medal that definitely needs to go back to the family," Fike told the Department of Defense Live. Read the rest of the story on The Huffington Post. LOOK: We'd Like 7,000 Of These Puppies, Please! Wanted: Name For Adorable 8-Week-Old Service Dog LOOK: Woman With 70 Face Tumors Gets Transformative Surgery WATCH: 5 Years Later, Couple Miraculously Reunites With Stolen Dogs WATCH: 13 Awesome Animal-Human Reunions BLOG POSTS Bus 52: Foster Grandparent Program (VIDEO) A program that grew from a pilot project in the late 1960s, The Foster Grandparent Program places seniors into schools, juvenal detention centers and transitional housing facilities to help at-risk youth. Marlo Thomas: It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over I've always been inspired by people who, as I say, "Never face the facts." The facts -- the statistics -- can be daunting and keep anyone from starting anything. Better to create your own facts and forge ahead against all odds -- and at any age. John Carroll: Like Sands Through the Hourglass, So Are the Days of My Thighs The idea of time marching on (over my face) and leaving the wreckage of beloved things like dance and smooth skin in its wake not only scares the bejesus out of me but brings up so many ugly issues I have with getting older. Grandma Moses, party of one! Molly Hahn: Buddha Doodle -- 'Rational Mind' Leila de Bruyne: Voluntourism: We Have to Stop Making This About Your Niece Arriving in the slums of Nairobi, the summer after my first year in college, I was utterly unprepared to be standing face-to-face with absolute, abject poverty.

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