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Frustrations 60 Minutes Segement
Have you seen the Agent Orange map and timeline from the Chicago
Tribune? See
http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/agentorange/chi-091204-agentorange-map,0,1959438.htmlpage
VA To Survey Veteran
Households.pdf
SPECIAL NOTICE FOR ALL VIETNAM VETERANS.pdf
NEED YOUR MILITARY RECORDS? Or
a copy of your DD-214?
TRY THIS WEBSITE:
http://vetrecs.archives.gov
or request a copy of SF-1S0 from release
of information office or VA Regional
office. To send to NPRC.
Veterans Affairs H1N1 Self Assessment Tool
This tool is intended for Veterans and their
caregivers. It is provided for information purposes
only and should not be used as a substitute for
evaluation and treatment by a healthcare professional.
The Self Assessment Tool does not capture identifiable
information in any manner.
DoD Revises Purple Heart
Eligibility Criteria to Allow Award to POWs
Who Die in Captivity
The Department of Defense
announced today it has expanded the Purple Heart eligibility criteria
allowing prisoners-of-war who died in captivity to receive the award.
The revised department policy
presumes, for service members who die in captivity as a qualifying
prisoner-of-war, that their death was the "result of enemy action," or
the result of wounds incurred "in action with the enemy" during capture,
or as a result of wounds incurred as a "result of enemy action" during
capture, unless compelling evidence is presented to the contrary. The
revised policy allows retroactive award of the Purple Heart to
qualifying prisoners-of-war since Dec. 7, 1941. Posthumous award will be
made to the deceased service member's representative, as designated by
the secretary of the military department concerned, upon application to
that military department.
Submitted by: Larry Trowbridge
Grande du Indiana Sous Directeur POW/MIA
SEC. 594. CONDUCT BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES AND VETERANS OUT OF UNIFORM DURING HOISTING, LOWERING, OR PASSING
OF UNITED STATES FLAG.
Section 9 of title 4, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘all persons present’’ and all that follows through the end of the
section and inserting the following: ‘‘all persons present in uniform
should render the military salute. Members of the Armed Forces sand
veterans who are present but not in uniform may render the military
salute. All other persons present should face the flag and stand at
attention with their right hand over the heart, or if applicable, remove
their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder,
the hand being over the heart. Citizens of other countries present
should stand at attention. All such conduct toward the flag in a moving
column should be rendered at the moment the flag passes.’’.
