David Botti
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Oct 13, 2007 09:55 AM
An NBC News Washington producer, and Vietnam veteran, posted brief profiles of 12 soldiers recently buried together at Arlington National Cemetery. The 12 were killed last January when their Black Hawk helicopter was shot down over Iraq.
"A brisk autumn breeze drowned out the words of the brief graveside service in which folded American flags were presented to relatives of the fallen soldiers."
The Indianapolis Star reports $1 million in state funding used to aid the families of Indiana soldiers deployed overseas is sitting largely untapped. The Military Family and Relief Fund is partially supported by the sale of "Hoosier Veteran" specialty license plates. According to the paper, the state matches sales of these plates up to $450,000 a year.
The Los Angeles Time has a rundown of eight new bills recently signed by Governor Schwarzenegger to benefit veterans. The article also mentions "big-ticket items," including college tuition benefits to National Guard members, that were not signed into law.
The Defense Department is reaching out to improve education for military children in both on-base, and public city schools.
“Sometimes, military families don’t want to go to an installation because they hear things through the military grapevine about the school system.”
The family of a recently deceased Vietnam veteran discovered someone had used the vet's social security number for years, and was already buried in the local national cemetery.
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