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They live in the woods. Sleep in tents. Share their food. Look out for each other. Like generations of warriors before them, they are a band of brothers. But they are not in battle. These veterans are homeless. Last year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development released its annual assessment on homelessness. It concluded that more than 62,000 veterans had no home. That's about one-quarter of America's entire homeless population.