John Becker
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Service & Sacrifice: Journey back to Vietnam
A group of East Tennessee veterans is making a return trip to Vietnam, a country they first saw at war. → Read More
Service & Sacrifice: Warrior for Life
A veteran medic overseas is helping lead a fight at home to stop veteran suicides through the nonprofit Irreverent Warriors. → Read More
Service & Sacrifice: Two families join fight for 'forgotten again'
Eleven men killed in a shoot-down and rescue effort during the war in Korea were left off a new memorial wall. Families of the dead call it “heartbreaking.” → Read More
Service & Sacrifice: Fight for the forgotten
The granddaughter of a Korean War veteran uses a tattoo sleeve to mark the service, sacrifice and fight to honor a man left off the list of missing in action. → Read More
Service & Sacrifice: A painter’s war series
Dozens of oil paintings capturing moments in battle were hidden away for years. They are now on private display at the home studio of a Knoxville artist. → Read More
Service & Sacrifice: A thankful son
Recently, Vietnam veteran James Cook learned about the trailblazing service of his father in WWII. → Read More
Service & Sacrifice: Combat medic finds healing on horseback
An East Tennessee cowboy turned combat medic returned from his tour of duty in Vietnam and worked through the scars of war in a saddle. → Read More
Service & Sacrifice: 95-year-old “lucky life”
Hank Miller served in two wars and two military branches. Now, ten chapters into writing an autobiography, he hopes more veterans share their stories. → Read More
Service & Sacrifice: A “first” for HonorAir Knoxville
Flight 31 is dedicated to women veterans and gives them the chance to take an all-expenses paid, one-day trip to see memorials built in their honor. → Read More
Service & Sacrifice: Original Golden Knight
The Army Golden Knights parachute unit started with skydivers who pushed altitude and free-fall limits in the late 1950s. Dick Fortenberry was an original member. → Read More
Service & Sacrifice: Burn surgeon honored
A veteran of the war in Vietnam devoted much of his life to repairing the lives of veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who were wounded and burned badly in battle. → Read More
Service & Sacrifice: Honoring a working mom and war correspondent
A veteran journalist with dozens of trips to conflict areas around the world will be honored in Knoxville by America’s most exclusive group of warriors. → Read More
Service & Sacrifice: The archive project
The effort is underway to catalog the full archive of our Service & Sacrifice series making dozens of stories available to stream on the WBIR-TV YouTube channel. → Read More
Service & Sacrifice: Veteran overseas detective
A caretaker of a memorial honoring East TN veterans said it would be hard to imagine where they would be without the efforts of a key researcher in the Netherlands. → Read More
Knoxville's Urban Wilderness to include new all-weather trails in July
City leaders also said they planned on opening an urban camping spot, giving people a chance to pitch a tent after exploring Knoxville's expansive urban wilderness. → Read More
Service & Sacrifice: Healing soil for the soul
A homegrown charity in East Tennessee builds free gardens for veterans and first responders. → Read More
Service & Sacrifice: An able veteran
"He just always says, what’s next?" said Betsy Liebenow, the wife of a veteran, cancer survivor, and amputee who bikes, kayaks, and rock climbs. → Read More
Service & Sacrifice: The last soldier, a father’s grief
"I'm very honored, humbled, and I was blessed to be his dad," said Greg Knauss, reflecting on his soldier son, Ryan. He was killed in August 2021 in Afghanistan. → Read More
Service & Sacrifice: The Last Soldier
“He was making everybody better and he was making himself better," said First Sgt. Michael Dean, who served with Knoxville Staff Sergeant Ryan Knauss in Afghanistan. → Read More
Service & Sacrifice: "Charlie’s Box" holds long-lost memories of a fallen soldier from Knoxville
A cardboard box holding long-hidden photos, letters and medals of a Knoxville soldier killed in Vietnam was re-discovered 50 years later. → Read More