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The real story of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War

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The real story of the Vietnam Veterans Against the WarBy JOE ALLEN Following the Democratic National Convention, John Kerry came under sustained attack by...

Vietnam Vets More Prone to Drug-Related Deaths

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Vietnam Vets More Prone to Drug-Related Deaths By Sarah Graham Serving in a war carries with it the possibility of being wounded or dying in...

WNC veterans consider military positions of Bush, Kerry

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WNC veterans consider military positions of Bush, Kerry By Kerra L. Bolton  Veterans and their votes are a hot commodity this election year. At 26 million...

Soldiers face the grim reality of killing

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By Jane Lampman One dark night in Iraq in February 1991, a U.S. Army tank unit opened fire on two trucks that barreled unexpectedly into...

VFW celebrates 105 years of service to vets and their families

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VFW celebrates 105 years of service to vets and their families BY JACK McDUFFIE Wednesday will be a special day for an organization that has...

After 30 years, Vietnam vets are reunited

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After 30 years, Vietnam vets are reunited RIDLEY TOWNSHIP -- Mike Amalfitano and Manuel Quintero met in Vietnam in 1970 when both served with...

Vietnam Vets Have Highest Death Rates

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Vietnam Vets Have Highest Death Rates Vietnam veterans had the highest death rates after discharge compared to other veterans, according to a 30-year study. Investigators from...

Vets rally in support of Kerry

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Vets rally in support of Kerry By Quincy C. Collins Ben, Bill, Rick and Louie Bolanos, four El Paso brothers, left their family to fight...

We Are Losing the War In Iraq

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We Are Losing the War In Iraq by Joseph Cirincione Every major military indicator shows the war in Iraq is going badly. The United States...

Mourning the Warrior and Questioning the War

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Mourning the Warrior,and Questioning the War By Chris Hedges When Sue Niederer heard that Laura Bush was planning to speak in nearby Hamilton, N.J., she went to...

Thousands of war Vets must delay retirement

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Thousands of war Vets must delay retirement Luis Prosper has spent more than half his life in the Army and was looking forward the prospect of a...

Orthopedics Restores Limbs, Lives

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Orthopedics Restores Limbs, Lives By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 16, 2004 -- Orthopedic surgeons here at Brooke Army Medical...

Cooking For K Troop My Life with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in...

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Cooking For K Troop My Life with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Vietnam My interest in food began early with the family...

Home Depot hires military spouses

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Home Depot hires military spouses The Home Depot Inc. is hiring the spouses of military personnel in the latest recruiting initiative between the nation's largest home...

Al Qaeda seen planning for ‘spectacular’ attack

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Al Qaeda seen planning for 'spectacular' attack U.S. intelligence agencies concluded recently that al Qaeda fearing its credibility is on the line ...

Vets Find Stress Hard To Shake

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Vets Find Stress Hard To Shake The death and violence of Iraq still haunts some of the soldiers who served there. "I don't sleep....

Job Interview Pointers

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Job Interview Pointers By Thad Peterson Like many career advice experts, Steve Fogarty, staffing partner at Waggener Edstrom, says candidates should research a company thoroughly before...

Judge Orders U.S. To Find Bush Records

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Judge Orders U.S. To Find Bush Records WASHINGTON - A federal judge has ordered the Pentagon to find and make public by next week any...

Alleged deserter returns to Army after 39 years in North Korea

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Alleged deserter returns to Army after 39 years in North Korea By: Maj. James Bell CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- Thirty-nine years after Sgt. Charles R. Jenkins...

War wounded want to go home

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War wounded want to go home Washington - National Guard Sgt. Rick Harvey, who injured his spine in Iraq, has doctor's appointments twice a week,...

Powell: Miltary draft won’t be reactivated

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Powell: Military Draft won't be reactivated  WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Colin Powell, once the nation's highest-ranking soldier, reaffirmed his distaste Sunday for Vietnam War...

MIA Remains Found In North Korea

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MIA Remains Found In North Korea WASHINGTON - U.S. military specialists have recovered remains of American servicemen who went missing in action in the...

Victims of 9/11 remembered during moment of silence

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Victims of 9/11 remembered during moment of silence NEW YORK - Parents and grandparents of those lost on Sept. 11 stood at the World...

Marines honor 9/11 Anniversary

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Marines honor 9/11 Anniversary "Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly...

Baumholder unveils memorial to its soldiers who died in Iraq

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Baumholder unveils memorial to its soldiers who died in Iraq By Terry Boyd Sept 11- BAUMHOLDER, Germany Beyond being a combat arms base and...

POW abandoned in North Korea by the U.S. Government in The Eagle Cried

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POW abandoned in North Korea by the U.S. Government in The Eagle Cried By Roger Dumas This is a true story of Roger Dumas, a Korean...

TV documentary Vets will tell how captors shoved 1971 testimony ‘in their faces’

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Vets will tell how captors shoved 1971 testimony 'in their faces' By Art Moore As controversy over John Kerry's Vietnam service holds center stage in the...

Civil Engineer Celebrates 63 Years of Service

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Civil Engineer Celebrates 63 Years of Service By Senior Airman T.D. Cooper Seikichi Kaneshiro, 83, has 63 years of combined federal service. He spent three...

Why I Serve

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  "When I was just a little guy, I remember going to Memorial Day with my grandfather, a World War I vet, and the whole...

US army plans to end a contract given to Halliburton

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US army plans to end a contract given to Halliburton The army will put the work out to contract, the newspaper says, quoting an army...

U.S. War Deaths Pass 1,000

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U.S. War Deaths Pass 1,000 The death toll for U.S. troops in Iraq passed 1,000 yesterday, a milestone marking the continuing high cost of the...

POW/MIA-out of sight, out of mind?

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POW/MIA-out of sight, out of mind? By Bill Kessling Those who have been paying attention have noticed that the Pentagon is using new terminology to describe...

Vets reach out from behind bars

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Vets reach out from behind bars Three dozen San Quentin inmates worked shoulder to shoulder with nine suburban moms on the ground floor of a...

Kerry takes ‘yet another new position on the war’

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Kerry takes 'yet another new position on the war' Sept. 7- WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry accused President Bush on Monday of sending...

Health care alone up $2.9 billion from 2003

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Health care alone up $2.9 billion from 2003  The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will receive a record budget of $64 billion for the...

Philadelphia Police department gives Veterans preference

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Philadelphia Police department gives Veterans preferencePolice recruitment efforts are designed to identify the candidates that are best able to complete their Academy training and...

Donations sought to honor veterans

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Donations sought to honor veterans Men and women who worked to ensure freedom, whether protecting this nation in the military or keeping us safe at...

AF retiree ‘still serving’ other veterans living overseas

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AF retiree 'still serving' other veterans living overseas By Wayne Specht MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan Although he hung up his Air Force uniform in...

Men who served in combat more likely to get divorced, says study

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Men who served in combat more likely to get divorced, says study By Jeffrey Cottrill New research from Brigham Young University in Provo, UT says...

An Unacceptable Target

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An Unacceptable Target by Colonel James Robert Hildreth The following excerpt is taken from Colonel James Robert "Cotton" Hildreth, who offered his war recollections in the...

Japanese-American veterans recall discrimination battles

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Japanese-American veterans recall discrimination battles One of the nation's leading civil-rights groups yesterday heaped more praise on the multiethnic heroes of World War II,...

The Battle That Wasn’t

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The Battle That Wasn't John K. Parmenter, Specialist 4 in the Mortar Section (81mm), Weapons Platoon, D Co, 1st Battle Group, 28th Inf (Black Lions...