Chairman Buyer Tells Normandy Memorial Day Audience “These are the lives we must celebrate Normandy, France, Chairman Steve Buyer and Veterans Health Subcommittee Chairman Henry Brown (R-SC) addressed a international audience in the 2005 Normandy Memorial Day ceremony held Sunday at the American Cemetery and Memorial overlooking Omaha Beach, site of D-Day’s heaviest fighting, on [...]
Military mom’s Web site grows By Leroy Standish ADELANTO Janice Enkoff says inspiration for her Web site, www.support4ourtroops.com, came in a dream. Her 20-year-old daughter, Army Reserve Spc. Annie Cruz, was stationed with the 349th Medical Unit in Lanstuhl, Germany. Thoughts of her daughter and troops in Iraq were constantly with her as she worked [...]
The History of Memorial Day How Decoration Day become today’s modern Memorial Day by Pvt. Charlotte Johnson Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation’s service. There are many stories as to its actual beginnings, with over two dozen cities and towns laying claim [...]
“It’s not Eddie here” Kin say military gave them wrong body for burial in ’69 By Electa Draper LEFT: Thomas Martinez holds a photo of his brother, Eddie A. Martinez Jr., who was serving in Vietnam in 1969. The family does not believe a grave in Belen, N.M., holds Eddie s remains. The Army [...]
Vietnam Vets Find Ways to Serve 30 Years Later Two men feel need to contribute The fighting stopped 30 years ago in Vietnam, but for some Vietnam veterans like Bob Canetta, who was then a 21-year-old infantryman, the war has not ended. “I don’t think you can put Vietnam behind you, says Canetta. I can’t. Like [...]
Million Veteran March Opened to the Public All American Citizens Welcome to Attend June 8, 2005 THE PURPOSE OF THIS MARCH IS TO DEMONSTRATE OUR ANGER AT THE LACK OF ADEQUATE VA FUNDING, VA PERFORMANCE AND VETERAN BENEFITS IN GENERAL. Million Veteran March Link: http://www.2ndbattalion94thartillery.com/mvm.htm Additional supporter Links: http://www.americansforsharedsacrifice.org/Million_Vet_March.htm Get more info……….. www.VetsForJustice.com www.jerebeery.com http://the-mid-west-web.com/ http://spotreport.blogspot.com/ [...]
American Gold Star Mothers Reject Mother of Slain Soldier Non-Citizen Refused Membership WHITE PLAINS, New York – Everyone agrees that Ligaya Lagman is a Gold Star mother, part of the long line of mournful women whose sons or daughters gave their lives for their country. Her 27-year-old son, Army Staff Sgt. Anthony Lagman, was killed last [...]
HOUSE PASSES APPROPRIATIONS BILL H.R. 2528 VETERANS HEALTHCARE INCREASE OF $1.64 BILLION Washington, DC Today by a vote of 425-1, the House passed H.R. 2528, the Fiscal Year 2006 Military Quality of Life Appropriations Act. The bill provides an increase of $1.64 billion over FY05 funding levels for veterans healthcare. The $1.64 billion increase will [...]
CHAIRMAN BUYER HONORED TO LEAD CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO NORMANDY & SURESNES TO ATTEND MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIES Washington, DC Chairman Steve Buyer of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and Subcommittee on Health Chairman Henry Brown will attend Memorial Day ceremonies at overseas American military cemeteries such as Normandy, France. The ceremonies will take place on [...]
Parents of Pat Tillman lash out at Army Handling of Arizona Cardinals death called a sign of disrespect’ Former NFL player Pat Tillman’s family is lashing out against the Army, saying that the military’s investigations into Tillman’s friendly-fire death in Afghanistan last year were a sham and that Army efforts to cover up the truth have [...]
The Veterans Benefit Act of 2004 Learn How it still affects you for 2005 The Veterans Benefits Act of 2004, was signed by President Bush on December 10, 2004. This new law makes some significant changes to the Veterans Home Loan Guaranty Program.The Veteran’s Benefit Act of 2004 includes the following changes to the VA Home [...]
Band of Brothers – a DVD review Is this flick the Greatest of all World War II Movies? Vote Now! buy dvd at amazon.com Based on the book by acclaimed historian Stephen Ambrose, Band of Brothers is an intense, moving, astonishing, but above all, honest picture of ordinary men, transformed into elite men of valor, [...]
WAR COLLEGE ALUMNI More than 21,000 officers have graduated from the Army War College since it opened in 1901. In 1951, it was moved from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Among well known alumni: John. J. Pershing, Class of 1905 John A. LeJeune, Class of 1910 Walter Krueger, Class of 1921 Dwight D. [...]
Soldiers Nabbed in FBI Drug Sting Drugs moved through Border Checkpoints TUCSON, Arizona – FBI agents posing as cocaine traffickers in Arizona caught 16 current and former U.S. soldiers and law enforcement personnel who took about $220,000 in bribes to help move the drugs through checkpoints, Justice Department officials said Thursday. Those charged include a [...]
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