How a WWII Veteran Grappled With the Horrors of Combat to Resume Life Back Home

May 29, 2017
On this solemn Memorial Day, we again honor those in the armed forces who laid down their lives defending our nation. We've got reflections on the true meaning of the federal holiday from defense policy expert John Venable, historian Lee Edwards, and our readers. See video reports on one GI's revelation during World War II and the 30th annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle run from Kelsey Harkness and Genevieve Wood, respectively. Plus: Dean Cheng on Trump's tougher line on China, and Fred Lucas on big business pushing the president to accept climate orthodoxy.
Feature How a WWII Veteran Grappled With the Horrors of Combat to Resume Life Back Home Carl Lavin was in high school when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. At 18, the Ohio native decided to join the Army. Watch the Video
Commentary I'm a Veteran. Here's What I Think About on Memorial Day. In the course of my years in the service, I received the contagious laughter, the loves, and aspirations of 11 different men who laid down their lives. Read More
Commentary Watch the Rolling Thunder Run The Daily Signal's Genevieve Wood covers the annual parade of motorcyclists on Facebook Live. Watch the Video
Commentary Trump Signals New US Approach to China With Tough Actions For the first time since at least 2012, the United States is signaling Beijing that its efforts to dominate the South China Sea will not be meekly accepted, but will be challenged. Read More
Commentary The Meaning of Memorial Day, From the Civil War On Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day, set aside to decorate the graves of fallen Civil War soldiers. Read More
News The Possible Reasons Big Corporations Are So Eager for Trump to Break His Promise on Paris Climate Deal European countries and major corporations are pressuring President Trump to remain in the Paris climate agreement despite his promises on the campaign trail to withdraw the U.S. from the Obama-era deal that never gained congressional approval. Read More
Commentary We Hear You: On Memorial Day, Why Americans Don't Forget to Remember "As a soldier, I remember walking up a trail from the beach past Sainte-Mère-Église, seeing a burning Jeep with a body. Hearing the first sounds of the Germans' 88 mm guns. Receiving our first mortar fire. And thinking this is madness," writes Frank Jenkins. Read More
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