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House lawmakers are considering four bills that
could help veterans suffering from the effects of sexual trauma in the
military by improving the process for receiving benefits and providing
greater support to victims.
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Retired Army Col. William Weber was among
those who lobbied for the construction of the Wall of Remembrance
that includes the names of thousands of Americans and Koreans who
died during the Korean War.
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House lawmakers began a debate Wednesday
about a White House proposal to separate funding for veterans’
medical care from the rest of the federal budget — an action that
would treat it the same as defense spending and could allow it to
grow beyond current limits.
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The Saturday commemoration in Santa Fe,
N.M., of the fall of Bataan — the 80th anniversary — was
missing something. Bataan survivors.
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On Saturday, Estelle J. (Busch)
Leinen will mark a very important milestone: Her 100th
birthday. She enlisted in the U.S. Navy Women Accepted
for Volunteer Emergency Services (or WAVES for short) in
1943.
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Pvt. Andrew Ladner was laid to rest
Saturday at Wolf River Cemetery in Gulfport, WLOX-TV reported.
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A highly decorated combat Marine veteran
who retired in August, Paul Worley went looking for help with
readjusting to life after the military. He’s one of hundreds of
veterans the equine therapy program has worked with in its
partnership with the South Orange County Vet Center.
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The Idaho County Sheriff’s
Office confirmed that the skeletal remains, dubbed “Mr.
Bones,” were those of Roger Brian Bennett of Oklahoma, who
went missing shortly after his discharge from the U.S. Air
Force in 1982
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The Sioux City native, killed on board the
battleship USS Oklahoma during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,
will be returned home, buried next to his parents in Memorial Park
Cemetery.
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The Battle of Okinawa began on April 1,
1945, and Bromfield Street resident George Roaf served as an
apprentice firefighter aboard the USS Fieberling during the nearly
three-month campaign.
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A training program called the Warrior
Canine Connection is one of the programs of Forward Flag, a
nonprofit organization that serves military veterans and their
families.
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