LIBRARY OF CONGRESS VETERANS HISTORY PROJECT HONORS TOP NATIONAL INTERVIEWERS Reception and Workshop held for Participants The Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project (VHP) honored 14 individuals, who have conducted more than 3,200 interviews of veterans for the Veterans History Project, at a reception on Monday, July 18. The oral histories resulting from their prodigious efforts are [...]
INACTIONS BY GOVERNMENT IS BIGGEST NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT By Diane M. Grassi When the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 was signed into law last December by President Bush, Republican Congressmen in the House of Representatives were concerned that the president’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2006 would not provide enough funding for [...]
The New England Sampler’s Offers US Veterans and Active Duty Military Members a Discount The only shop in downtown Manchester featuring NH-made products by Barbara Potvin MANCHESTER, N.H. The New England Sampler, dedicated to promoting local businesses, proudly announces that a 10% discount will be given to any US Veteran and Active Duty member that [...]
VA CHAIRMAN BUYER SEEKS RESOLVE ON VA BUDGET SHORTFALL Washington, D.C. At a hearing of the full committee, House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Steve Buyer (R-IN) sought answers from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regarding its request for an additional $1.9 billion for FY 06 to fund higher-than-expected veteran’s health care needs. The past [...]
75TH ANNIVERSARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS DRAWS SENATE’S PRAISE By Jeff Schrade Washington DC – Seventy-five years ago today, July 21, 1930, President Herbert Hoover signed an executive order which created a single federal agency to deal with veterans, combining various veterans programs into one organization. Seventy-five years later, that action has earned the praise of [...]
Soldier Executed for shotgun slaying Steriods cited in Killing Oklahoma - A former U.S. soldier who said steroids turned him into a killer was executed Tuesday evening for the 1991 murder of a convenience store clerk during a botched robbery attempt. Michael L. Pennington, 37, who changed his name to Sharieff Sallahdin after converting to Islam [...]
Silver Dollar celebrates the 230th Anniversary of the Marine Corps Virginia – A 1945 photograph taken at Iwo Jima was memorialized in a commemorative coin released Wednesday celebrating the 230th anniversary of the Marine Corps. The silver dollar, featuring Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal’s historic flag-raising photograph, was released during a ceremony at U.S. Marine [...]
Soldiers Morale at all time low Iraqi War wearing on the Troops WASHINGTON – A majority of U.S. soldiers in Iraq say morale is low, according to an Army report that finds psychological stress is weighing particularly heavily on National Guard and Reserve troops. Still, soldiers’ mental health has improved from the early months of [...]
General Westmoreland Dies at 91 Vietnam Era Commander fights last battle COLUMBIA, S.C. – Retired Gen. William Westmoreland, who commanded American troops in Vietnam the nation’s longest conflict and the only war America lost died Monday night. He was 91. Westmoreland died of natural causes at Bishop Gadsden retirement home, where he had lived with [...]
NFL Cardinals Cheerleaders Complete Trip to Middle East The nine-member Show Team of the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals cheerleading squad staged a two-hour variety show at each base as part of the USO Tour which was sponsored by Armed Forces Entertainment. Afterwards, the cheerleaders visited with the troops in attendance and signed autographs. The cheerleaders visited [...]
VETERANS TO RECEIVE GREATER INSURANCE COVERAGE Washington, D.C. – The maximum coverage for Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) and Veterans’ Group Life Insurance (VGLI) will be permanently boosted to $400,000 by a bill marked up in the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs today. Our freedoms were secured by Americans who wore the uniform and are [...]
ROUDEBUSH VA HOSPITAL IN INDIANAPOLIS TO RECEIVE $20 MILLION IN CONSTRUCTION Improved access to top-quality care for Hoosier veterans Washington, D.C.House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Steve Buyer (IN-04) hailed today’s announcement by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of a $20 million construction contract at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis. [...]
American Women — Welfare and War, 1930-1945 Women’s Memorial Foundation hosts Forum July 19 Author and historian June Hopkins will discuss American Women — Welfare and War, 1930-1945, at the Women In Military Service For America Memorial on Wednesday, July 19 at 1:30 PM. This stimulating discussion by one of the nation’s well-known women’s history experts [...]
‘Sweetheart of the Fighting Fronts’ dies at 92Singer-actress Frances Langford often teamed with Bob Hope Singer-actress Frances Langford poses with comedians Bob Hope and Jerry Colonna in 1942. Florida – Frances Langford, whose steamy rendition of “I’m in the Mood for Love” captivated soldiers when she was part of Bob Hope’s USO tours during World [...]
TONS OF WWII EXPLOSIVES FOUND IN MOSCOW HOTEL MOSCOW – Workers demolishing a Stalin-era Moscow hotel Sunday discovered a ton of explosives that would have been used to blow the building sky-high if Nazi troops had taken the Soviet capital, media reported. After its opening in 1935, the hotel Moskva was one of the Soviet [...]
WHY HAS JAPAN NEVER APOLOGIZED by Bob Schneider World War II ended 60 years ago but the world has yet to get a valid apology. By valid I mean sincere, unambiguous and official.. The all-important question is why? Everyone speculates but only Japan knows the reason. All sorts of atrocities occurred in The Massacre of [...]
On June 29, 2005 Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and General Richard Myers hosted a Worldwide Town Hall Meeting for Department Of Defense Service Members. Rumsfeld claims he never heard of the Uniform Services Former Spouse Protection Act (USFSPA) by MSgt James T. North Below is a dialogue of the second to last question asked by [...]
WHAT DID HE KNOW AND WHEN DID HE KNOW IT? By Colonel George W. Tate, US Army retired (ColTate@ULSG.Org) Still serving proudly Famed for his ability to DETECT tough questions from the media and from Members of Congress, on June 29 Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was stopped dead in his tracks by a question [...]
Nevada Gov. Guinn statement on Death of Navy Seal, Shane Patton CARSON CITY Gov. Kenny Guinn issued the following statement today regarding the death of Navy SEAL Shane Patton, of Boulder City, who was killed in action Tuesday, June 28, when the MH-47 Chinook Helicopter he was riding in was shot down by insurgent forces [...]
Nearly 9,000 U.S. troops dead? A NATIONWIDE CALL FOR INFO FROM SURVIVORS Has the Bush administration drastically understated the U.S. military death count by redefining “death”? The following article suggests that it has, and it calls for a nationwide campaign to honor deceased service members by naming and counting them. According to the article: “…DoD [...]
HOUSE PASSES OF H.R. 3130, THE VETERANS’ HEALTHCARE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT Congress will keep it’s promise to America’s Veterans Washington, D.C. Tonight, the House passed H.R. 3130, the Veterans’ Healthcare Supplemental Appropriations Act. This bill will provide the necessary $975 million to fund the VA for fiscal year 2005. At a House Committee on Veterans’ [...]
Nevada Gov. Guinn announces $528,500 grant for HAWTHORNE ARMY DEPOT CARSON CITY Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn announced today that Nevada has received a $528,500 National Emergency Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor as a precautionary measure in case the Department of Defense closes the Hawthorne Army Depot. This grant application is by no means [...]
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