Veterans Group Honors Homeless Vets With Funeral And Burial

MIAMI - JANUARY 24: Ronald Bernard, a pallbearer for Poitier Funeral home, helps position one of the four flag draped caskets holding the remains of homeless United States military veterans, Ernest Holman, Nathaniel Henry Winger, Pedro Deaguero, and John Joseph Sweet for a funeral service at the American Legion on January 24, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The funeral home helped transport the bodies to a "state funeral" for the four homeless military veterans. "Needlessly, veterans are dying in our streets, and we need to provide intervention for them," said Charles Buford, president of VetsUnited.org. "Although we would love to see the entire homeless community helped, we as veterans have a solemn duty to address the needs of those who have served our nation through military service. We will leave no soldier behind, no matter what the battlefield may be." (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)