The aim of this master’s thesis is to explore the Croatian Homeland War veteran depiction in Croatian media and to analyse how the veterans are protrayed in the two most read internet media outlets in the Republic of Croatia. Croatian Homeland War veterans play an important part in society due to their key role in the processes of gaining independence and democratization during the Homeland War. Traumatic war experiences and numerous psychophysical effects are a challenge to the veterans and society in the attempts of retraumatization and inclusion during peacetime. Therefore, the veterans as a vulnerable group require a mindful media approach which is currently, despite particular sensitivities of the veteran population, often stereotyped, incentivizes stigmatization, and creates an unfavourable media narrative. The manner in which the veterans are depicted in the media influences public perception, and self-perception of the veterans. Furthermore, through the construction of narratives, a perception of the veterans is formed in those parts of the public which have no personal experience of war. For the purpose of this thesis, research on the media depiction of Croatian Homeland War veterans has been conducted through quantitative analysis of content from articles published in April and May on the two most read Croatian internet media outlets. The results show that the veterans are largely not depicted stereotypically, yet among the existing stereotypes, the most common is the one of the veteran as a hero. However, the results confirmed the hypothesis that the veterans are a secondary topic, and that they are only brought up opportunely. This infers that it is necessary to create media space through which the veterans have an opportunity to showcase specific problems and disparate experiences.