Veterans Spotlight

Jim Cundell spent 36 years bringing wounded service members back from war. Then he spent another 17 making sure 4,600 of them got the homecoming they never had. Story & Photography by Nathan Sparks Appeared in Cityview Magazine,…
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John and Chrystie Shawhan give back to their adopted Knoxville community after lengthy careers in the Air Force and Marines By Phil Newman | Photograph by Ethan Smith Appeared in Cityview Magazine, Vol. 42, Issue 3 (May/June 2026) …
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Military veteran Noah Mancuso led sailors in service before dropping anchor in Knoxville By Phil Newman | Photograph by Nathan Sparks Appeared in Cityview Magazine, Vol. 42, Issue 2 (March/April 2026) Among the many colorful…
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On a Tennessee morning, mist still clings to the river as Trent Douglas stands in waders, fly rod in hand—looking every bit a fishing guide, not a man who has rebuilt faces shattered by war.
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The Purple Hearts journey-from the birth of a nation to the depths of the Atlantic-reminds us what freedom truly costs. by Gary Wade Appeared in Cityview Magazine, Vol. 41, Issue 6 (Nov/Dec 2025) In 1782, near the end of the…
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Air Force veteran Rick Kuhlman seeks to make his beloved Knoxville a better place By Phil Newman | Photograph by Nathan Sparks Appeared in Cityview Magazine, Vol. 41, Issue 6 (Nov/Dec 2025) On a visit to Rick Kuhlman’s home…
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World War II veteran Bob Luttrell reflects on nearly drowning in the Pacific and the work of art his life became Bob Luttrell didn’t want to let his mom down. Only minutes after breakfast aboard his patrol gunboat in the Pacific Theater…
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Army veteran Bill Warganich has found a post-battle home in the tranquil Smokies As Bill Warganich fluidly casts a fly line across the glistening surface of a heaven-kissed Smoky Mountain river, his face wears a contented smile and a…
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Bear Stephenson and Morton Massey struck up a military kinship that has endured One morning in 1973, in the shadow of a hallowed hill, at the US Army Reserves center then situated on the UT campus, Bear Stephenson said his first hello…
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U.S. Navy veteran Jerry Brice and his family honor military service at Halls eatery Walking in the door of The Chow Hall, a grayish one-story building at Emory and Bell roads in Hall Crossroads, feels like entering a cozy den whose…
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