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Blue Springs, MO. – Creators of "THE WALL" In Washington, D.C. honoring men and women of the Vietnam War are forming a giant collection to humanize the thousands of Americans killed. Some of the effort is linked to the traveling exhibit that takes the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial to small towns of America. KCUR's Dan Verbeck reports.

By Rachel Lippmann, St. Louis Public Radio

St. Louis, Missouri – Democratic Congressman Russ Carnahan was in St. Louis today to hear from veterans about problems with sterilization of dental equipment at the John Cochran veteran's hospital in the city.

The dental clinic at the hospital did not follow Veterans Affairs procedures when sterilizing the equipment. That left 1800 veterans at a low risk of contracting hepatitis B and C and HIV.

Independence, MO – Sixty years ago today, President Harry Truman was in Independence when word came that the North Koreans had invaded the South, and the cold war had become hot. Today, veterans of that war were honored in Independence at the Community of Christ Auditorium and sponsored by the Harry S. Truman Library Institute.