Monthly Archives: September 2005

Veterans say parallels between Vietnam and Iraq conflicts make them sad, angryBy Scott E. Pacheco John O'Keefe Sr. can't help but get a little angry...

Americans don't know how good they have itby Sarah Smiley After traveling to places across the world -- Venezuela, Portugal, the Middle East, Asia --...

How to bill for insurance so that you aren't on terminal hold: I constantly hear people refer to Tricare for Life as paying their doctors' and hospital fees,...

FIL-AM WW-II Veterans' struggle for compensation: Denial of part of their retirement pensions and disability benefits is cruel, anti-veteran and un-American   In the crucible...

Congress said NO when the New York  City's police and firefighters wanted more money to fight terrorism but said Yes to a study...

PLATOON - A movie review Vote Now for the Greatest Vietnam War Movie of all time! Like no other movie could tell, Platoon shows us categorically...

4 year September 11 anniversary offers lessons for hurricane Katrina response September 11 brought the United States together, at least for a time. Four years...

Craig calls VA heroes and suggests donations to the Armed Forces Retirement home (Washington, DC) Praise for the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Independent...

A New Day is Coming!  Can the Future of America be brightened by a social and political revolution? Forces of Change vs. Forces of Failure by John P. Allen,...

BAGHDAD -- U.S. troops Wednesday rescued a U.S. citizen, Roy Hallums, held hostage in Iraq since November and also freed an Iraqi prisoner. Al Jazeera,...

Carmen Palmer of Jamaica (at left) whose U.S. Marine son died fighting in Iraq has finally been welcomed into the American Gold Star Mothers, which...

War veterans are the forgotten 'displaced refugees' On Thursday, Sep 01, 2005, in response to the HURRICANE KATRINA DISASTER, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist stated in a CNN...

Hurricane Katrina's devastating blow has put a spotlight on the military's helping hand and largely diverted Americans' attention from the mix of grim and...

Are we still that Shining City on the Hill? Is the Bush Doctrine working for us here in Workplace America? An Official Editorial by John P. Allen, General...

WHY DID WE FAIL TO GET AN APOLOGY FROM JAPAN? In several other articles, I tried to explain where the project Getting an Apology from...

Inspection finds CAT scans, MRIs delayed at VA hospitalBy John Pacenti Riviera Beach, Florida--A federal inspection of the Veteran Affairs Medical Center found nearly 3,000...

Troops have begun the final search for hurricane survivors in New Orleans, steeling themselves for the task of harvesting the dead from the city's...

The leaders of our country have been negligent We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice,...

THE DEER HUNTER (1978):  A movie review Vote Now for the Greatest Vietnam War Movie of all time! Sweet and tense, Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter...

Filipino-American WW-II Survivors Wallowing in Poverty, Old Age, and Sickness without Appreciable Relief Compared to their Counterpart Caucasian U.S. Veterans Comrade Survivors. Filipino-American World War...

New Website for War Widows and Survivors Gets Praise Washington, DC) A new website for surviving spouses and dependents of military personnel who died while...

Retirement Home Residents Recall Katrina's Wrath Naomi J. Pointer, 81, a World War II-era member of the WAVES, for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service,...

7,000 more troops on their way to New Orleans President George Bush today threw more resources at the hurricane-battered Gulf Coast as criticism mounted that...

A letter from a veteran: Having spent several months in the fox-hole, I can attest combat is not fun, it is nasty, dirty, scary, and hazardous...

Vietnam Veterans of America Says VA Review Will Penalize PTSD Veterans WASHINGTON-- "The decision by the Department of Veterans Affairs to review 72,000 cases in...

Hiring Event Invitation from General Dynamics C4 Systems We're pleased to extend an invitation to interview in Pittsburgh, PA with hiring decision makers at the...

Vietnam Veterans of America to Coordinate Relief Effort for Hurricane Katrina WASHINGTON-- Vietnam Veterans of America National President John Rowan is calling on the organization's...

'Bush's absence galvanized the peace movement' Cindy Sheehan, a woman who led an anti-war protest for nearly a month near President Bush's ranch said Tuesday...

Group of amputees recuperate with a little rock climbing ASPEN - Their tales are about how lives are irrevocably changed in an instant, without warning.An...