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In addition to more money for medical care, the
proposal increases funding for veteran caregivers by $433 million, and it
includes $410 million more for veteran homelessness programs.
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Senators considered for the first time Tuesday
a sweeping measure that aims to expand eligibility for health care
and benefits to millions of veterans exposed to burn pits and other
toxins.
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Charles G. Boyd, a highly decorated Air
Force general who was shot down as a fighter pilot during the
Vietnam War, endured nearly seven years of captivity and rose to
become the only former POW from that conflict promoted to a
four-star rank, died March 23 at a hospital in Haymarket, Va. He
was 83.
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Lt. Gen. Winfield W. Scott Jr., who led
the Air Force Academy as the 10th superintendent from 1983 to 1987,
was laid to rest Tuesday at the academy's cemetery. He died in
Colorado Springs on March 19 at age 94.
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The remains of a sailor from Indianapolis
who died in the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor have been
identified by U.S. military scientists.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has
recommended shuttering the Edward P. Boland VA Medical Center in
Northampton’s Leeds village. Former service members, their
advocates, and officials at all levels of government have pledged
to fight to keep the hospital open.
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Charlie Taylor says he recalls being
interested in photography from watching his father with an old
Kodak, and later a Browning, as well as a college friend who had a
Polaroid. But it was during his tour of duty in Vietnam he first
acted on that interest.
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Unusual, to say the least, was the find of
remains dating back to George Walter Ralph “Wally” Brady’s death on
Nov. 19, 1984. He was 59. The decorated soldier served in the Army
Air Corps, a precursor to the Air Force, during World War II.
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Thursday’s ceremony honored three Army
veterans, one Marine veteran and two Navy veterans who were laid to
rest at the Southwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Jennings,
Louisiana.
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U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Eugene P.
Shauvin was killed in an attack during his service in World War II;
his body remained scattered at a crash site in Belgium until spring
2021. He was officially accounted for March 2.
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On Tuesday, March 29, 2022,
communities around the U.S. will pay tribute to Vietnam veterans
and their families on National Vietnam War Veterans Day.
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