...into the void. He began by simply informing people in southeastern Minnesota about veterans events.

Now, this half-hour veterans "variety show" serves 290 communities in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota. It boasts about 3,000 plays on cable outlets per month. All five major veterans groups in Minnesota endorse it.

Positive Comments

The show not only tells vets about their issues and activities, it "lets people know veterans are alive and well," Barnhart says. It portrays veterans "caring about other veterans with various programs that will be not just a boost to their ego, but will be a validation of their humanity and what they did for their country."

Vets Visits has therefore gotten popular with both veterans and the general public.

"I've heard positive comments about the show from people of various ages and non-veterans," says Barnhart, who served as a trumpeter-announcer with the Eighth Army Band in Japan and Korea during...

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