Veterans Week · Tell us about your veteran
Sussex County, DE
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Veterans & Responders

Every Sussex veteran has a story. Help us tell it.

Tell us about a parent, grandparent, neighbor, coach or friend who served. Stories our editors can confirm run in Faces of Sussex service and the Sunday Issue.

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Inside Fire Control Tower 7, Fort Miles · Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tell us about your veteran

Share their story with Sussex

A few details and a few words, in your own voice. It takes about five minutes.

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About you

Enter your first name.

Enter your last name.

So an editor can confirm details with you. We never publish it.

Enter an email address like [email protected].

Choose your relationship to the veteran.

About your veteran
Add a rank or a nickname they go by, if they'd like it printed.

Enter the veteran's name.

Branch Pick the one they served in longest. Tell us about the rest in their story.

Choose a branch.

"1968 to 1972" or "Gulf War" both work.

Enter an era or years of service.

Start typing, or enter any Sussex community.

Enter their town in Sussex County.

Their story
Where they served, what they did, what they did after. Write it the way you'd tell a neighbor.
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A photo (optional)
Add a photo of themTap to choose a file, or drag one here. JPG or PNG. Most phone photos work.

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We remove location data from photos before an editor sees them. Only send a photo if they, or their family, are OK with us running it.

Permissions

Confirm you have permission to share their story.

Confirm you are 18 or older.

An editor reads every submission before anything is published.Nothing posts automatically.

Thank you. Their story is in good hands.

We received your story about your veteran. An editor reads every submission before anything is published. Nothing posts automatically. If we have a question, we'll write to you at the email you gave us.

What happens now
An editor reads it and checks the details.
Before it runs
We email you if anything needs confirming.
Where it appears
The Sunday Issue and Faces of Sussex service.
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Privacy

What we ask for, and what we don't

  • No birthdates and no home addresses. Please leave them out of the story, too.
  • Your email stays with us. We use it only to confirm details with you.
  • Photos lose their location data before an editor opens them.
  • Entries we don't publish are deleted after 12 months. Read our privacy policy.
Veterans Crisis Line · free, confidential, 24/7

If you or a veteran you know is in crisis

Dial 988 and press 1, text 838255, or chat at veteranscrisisline.net.

988Dial, then press 1 838255Send a text Chatveteranscrisisline.net

You don't have to be enrolled in VA benefits or health care to connect.

Photo credits

To the 17,767 veterans who call Sussex County home, and to every family that waited for one of them: thank you.

The Sussex Ledger · Veterans Week 2026