Purple Heart recipient and veteran advocate Sgt. Michael Verardo laid to rest with honors at Arlington
Under a gray sky on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, family, friends and fellow service members gathered at Arlington National Cemetery to lay to rest U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Verardo, one of the most catastrophically wounded heroes of the post-9/11 generation.The paratrooper who survived two IED blasts in Afghanistan and endured 120 surgeries over 15 years was remembered as a patriot, husband and father whose courage outlasted every injury he suffered.Sgt. […]