Veterans Affairs and Issues

Since Purple Heart recipients are now eligible for VA medical care, go to any VA Hospital and ask for the Service Officers. These are veterans' advocates employed by the DAV, VFW, AMVETS, American Legion, etc. to help vets get their awards and to help with claims. They can assist in obtaining a copy of your purple heart award orders, as well as all other award records.

Public Law 380, signed into law by President Eisenhower on June 21, 1954, changed November from Armistice Day to Veterans Day. This change was intended to honor all veterans, not just those of WW1. November 11, 1954 was the first Veterans Day.

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Veterans are all people, male and female, dead and alive, who served in the US armed forces in times of peace and in times of war.

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The Honorable Eric K. Shinseki

no there are only a few countries that still celebrate veterans day...a few of them are france, britain , austraila, and canada. and they all celebrate it in their own ways. some with speeches and parades and some by going to the graveyard and throwing flowers upon the fallen soldiers graves. there are many ways to celebrate it though that some may not have thought of. one other way is to invite a bunch of family and friends over and have a barbeque which is a tradition of some families here in the usa

The Vietnam War led to President Johnson's (Dem) decision not to run for re-election, which enabled Richard Nixon (Rep) to win the next 2 elections. It led to a distrust of American political figures that continues today, and the war led to the elimination of the draft and the implementation of the all-volunteer military.

As a loadmaster on C-130 and C-141's I remember at least one specific flight on the C-141 where we carried bodies from Viet nam to Travis AFB -they were in body shipping containers (kinda like coffins) and by protocol I had to stay in the back with them the whole flight and the heads had to be toward the front of the plane---This was about 1970.... don't know if this helps............

The GI bill home loan, once it's been honorably paid off (no special bail outs or bargains), is probably good for an unlimited amount of time. During the 20th century, the educational portion was only good for one program (college or trade school); after completion of one or the other, to attend one more, the vet had to receive school counselling before approval. After that second school was completed...that was it, no more education at Uncle Sam's expense. That was 20th century; could be different 21st century.

All veterans of all military services are honored on Veteran's Day, for their sacrifices in preserving the nation and all the freedoms American enjoy.

The name of the veterans holiday of November 11 was originally called Armistice Day. It was a remembrance of World War I. However, in light of World War II and other wars, the name was changed to honor veterans of all time.

There are still WWI veterans living in the US.

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Vets of WW 2, Korea & Vietnam are covered under the old GI Bill. Veterans of the later wars are covered under the new GI Bill. There is a short window of time (during the Cold War) where veterans are/were not covered by the GI Bill, but rather by VEAP (Veterans Educational Assistance Program). http://www.gibill.va.gov/GI_Bill_Info/benefits.htm

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There are actually seven different types of discharge characterization:

Uncharacterized - For entry level separations where the member has served less than 180 days when notifed of administrative separation. This can be recieved for a variety of different reasons. With respect to non-service related matters such as VA benefits, civilian employment etc, shall be considered as the equivilent of an Honorable or General (Under Honorable Conditions)

Honorable - an Honorable discharge is warranted when the quality of a member's service has met the standards of accepted conduct and performance of duty for military personnel.

General under honorable conditions - is appropriate if the member's service has been honest and faithful, but significant negative aspects of the member's conduct or performance outweighs positive aspects of the member's military record.

Under Other Than Honorable Conditions (OTH) - is warranted when a member engages in conduct involving one or more acts or omissions that constitute a significant departure from the conduct expected of members of the armed forces.

Bad Conduct - Is assigned as part of the sentence at Special or General court-martial.

Dishonorable - The least favorable characterization. Recieved as part of the sentence at General court-martial.

Dismissal - Equivilent to a Dishonorable, but reserved for commissioned officers. Recieved as part of the sentence at General court-martial.

my brother was in thh army for almast 2 years in germany 1n 1959 ang got out on a hardship discharge he then went in the reserves to complete his 2 years,What kind of benifits can he recieveie.burial?

william j hollifield

cw04 us army ret.

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There are six confirmed vets left that saw active duty.Frank Buckles is the only American, H. Landis is Canadian,but lives in the U.S. I have heard there is only 3 world war veterans living but do not know who they are. Louis Brown

There are only two left now. The third just passed a few days ago. The two left are Harry Landis of Sun City Center, Florida and Frank Buckles of Charleston, WV.

Write a letter to the Department of the Army (your branch of service) with a copy of your DD-214; they'll direct you from there.

Probably after the wall went up in about 1982.

Because our veterans are the ones who make it possible for us to sing our national anthem. That's why!

Originally, in the US Veterans Day was known as Armistice Day, because it was on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month that the guns fell silent ending WWI.

i am not 100% certain i am, right but i think they are closed so they can be with loved ones.

Veterans Day does not honor wars. Veterans Day is one day a year to honor all the military veterans who served this country, from the Revolutionary War until now, in peacetime and in war.

President Reagan's new name for the US Veterans Administration, which he created in the 1980's. The VA takes care of US military veterans; health, food, education, legal, administrative, etc.