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2012/05/28 12:35
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America's newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate, claiming to be the most medically and mentally troubled generation of former troops the nation has ever seen. A...
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2012/05/28 12:22
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President Barack Obama is paying tribute to the nation's fallen warriors on Memorial Day, attending a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery and honoring those who died during the Vietnam War. The...
2012/05/28 09:35
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Department of Military Veterans director-general Tsepe Motumi has called on military veterans to register for social assistance. Photo: Masi Losi Thousands of military veterans have been thrown a...
2012/05/28 08:58
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WASHINGTON--Senator Sherrod Brown has proposed a new bill to help veterans file for those benefits. The Dayton Daily News is reporting that the bill would require the U.S. Department of Veterans...
2012/05/28 08:15
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While Americans spend today at parades and ceremonies honoring service members killed in the line of duty, one Queens veteran believes government bureaucrats can’t wait for him to die. Frank Bari, a...
2012/05/28 07:26
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When combat veteran Andrew Burt returned to the United States after a year in Iraq, he felt a little like a time traveler. In a relatively short time, gas prices had shot up and all of a sudden...
2012/05/28 07:05
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Norman Estelle, a Vietnam veteran, addresses the crowd about waiting for the VA to process his disability claim. This Memorial Day, we're asking local veterans to share their experiences filing...
2012/05/28 06:24
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... be “significantly increased.” Byledbal is the first point of contact for veterans with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. He works jointly for both the state and county, not...
2012/05/28 04:39
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BRADENTON -- Every Memorial Day weekend for the last five years, Dan Graham and his dog, Buddy, have sat in front of the Publix on Manatee Avenue and 39th Street West, offering passersby a Buddy...
2012/05/28 04:36
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Those who knew Jim Dodson recall an auto mechanic and avid bowler, not so much a soldier. But when the Korean War veteran died in April at age 79, his family learned about benefits of his...
2012/05/28 04:23
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BECKLEY — From snow-laden Valley Forge to the battered walls of the Alamo, on the blood-stained beaches of the French coastline, in the frigid mountains of Korea and the steamy jungles of Vietnam, and...
2012/05/28 04:14
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By Barrie Barber, Staff Writer Updated 11:15 PM Sunday, May 27, 2012 DAYTON — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has increased its mental health staff 41 percent since 2007 and increased money...
2012/05/28 03:17
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia has a long and proud history of military service. We each have brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, grandparents or close friends who were called or volunteered to...
2012/05/28 02:14
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By Jessica Wehrman, Staff Writer 8:19 PM Sunday, May 27, 2012 WASHINGTON — For years, Sen. Sherrod Brown’s office has taken complaints from veterans about the Veterans Administration’s slow handling...
2012/05/28 01:24
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Deals meant to honor veterans for their service Parade paricipants wear a large American Flag along the route of the Welcome Home the Heroes Parade celebrating returning Iraq war veterans and their...
2012/05/28 00:24
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On this Memorial Day weekend, we remember those we've lost, including soldiers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. But laying our veterans and their families to rest comes with a...
2012/05/27 17:45
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While Memorial Day marks the unofficial beginning of summer, it also marks something else: The opportunity to thank and our soldiers and honor those who we've lost. So this year, in addition to...
2012/05/27 17:21
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Kentucky-- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has a goal to have a cemetery within 75 miles of 90 percent of every veteran. When Louisville resident Sonja McDaniel's husband was killed in...
2012/05/27 17:03
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Join the Conversation: How much should medical training and experience in the military count toward college credit and licensing requirements?Leave a comment at the end of the story or to send a...
2012/05/27 16:39
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As part of his Memorial Day weekend celebration, President Obama will be visiting The Wall. “It’s another chance to honor those we lost in places like Hue and Que Son, Da Nang and Hamburger Hill,”...