Veteran Soldiers

Helping Paralyzed Veterans Hunt, Shoot & Fish

Paralyzed Veterans of America Gets Vets Outdoors Sports and outdoor recreation play an enormous role in helping seriously wounded veterans help themselves. The Paralyzed Veterans of America’s (PVA) world-class sports program...

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Compensation case sets mental injury rule

PERCEPTION: Supreme Court says trauma effect on claimant matters. | A former prison guard at the Anchorage Jail who was threatened by a convicted murderer intoxicated on hair spray and armed with a sharpened pencil deserves...

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Brown U-turn on terror compensation

Move to close loophole in compensation law denying help to Britons injured overseas removed from Queen's speech at last minute Gordon Brown made a last-minute U-turn on a promise to compensate British victims of terrorism...

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FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Lewis L Millett ~ November 23, 2009

Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do!  For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.  Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed...

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Nation's oldest female Marine is laid to rest after passing away on Veteran's Day

On a crisp fall day, a Marine Corps honor guard blew taps over the country's oldest female Marine. Sgt. Miriam Cohen died on Veteran's Day, one day after the 234th birthday of the United States Marines Corps. Cohen would have...

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Veterans, Knoxville fear losing a special bond to terms with VA closing

By REID FORGRAVE • rforgrave@dmreg.com • November 22, 2009 Knoxville, Ia. — Jonathan Wilson came to this town in handcuffs. Over the last few years, the campus' radiology department, pharmacy and, finally, its mental health...

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Merrimack couple have been frustrated by insurance programs while battling 3 cancers

MERRIMACK – Chuck and Jackie Rossier call themselves survivors. In the last 10 years, the couple have battled through three bouts of cancer. But they said one of the biggest struggles was navigating the complex and exceedingly...

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School briefs: Schools closed for holiday

Schools closed Mesa Unified School District will be on holiday break Thursday and Friday . Student chosen for U.S. Army band Tabitha Cox, a student at Mesa’s Mountain View High School, has been selected as a member of the third...

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Inner battles claimed beloved priest

The Rev. Dennis J. Rocheford called his nephew and best friend two days before he died. Two days later, on the morning of Sept. 10, Rev. Rocheford donned a bright-yellow U.S. Navy T-shirt, combat boots and jeans. A Vietnam...

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Army helps vets with ‘invisible wounds’

SAN ANTONIO — Richard Martin keeps a rearview mirror on his desk to prevent co-workers from startling him in his cubicle. The walls are papered with sticky notes to help him remember things, and he wears noise-canceling...

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