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The American Legion Online Update Should victims of the Fort Hood shooting receive Purple Heart medals? Around 9,000 votes were cast in the American Legion's online poll, which found respondents were sharply divided over the issue.
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Respondents to an American Legion online poll last week were sharply divided about whether Purple Hearts should be issued to victims of the Nov. 5 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas.
The American Legion Online Update Should the five defendants charged with masterminding the 9/11 attacks be tried in military or civil court?
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The American Legion Online Update The American Legion’s Operation Comfort Warriors program is donating gift cards to the men and women who were wounded during the shooting at Fort Hood earlier this month.“Americans everywhere have reached out to these victims. It’s only appropriate that The American Legion family does its share,” American Legion Nation...al Commander Clarence Hill said. “We have sent $3,800 so each of the 38 wounded can receive $100 gift cards to use at the Fort Hood AAFES (post exchange). This is on top of the $10,000 of electronic games and instruments we sent in Operation Comfort Warriors donations to Fort Hood just prior to the shootings. These gifts won’t make the injuries go away, but they do show that we care.”
The American Legion Online Update Legion praises passage of caregiver bill
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The national commander of The American Legion applauds the Senate for overwhelming support of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2009 with a resounding 98-0 vote Thursday. “This legislation would touch so many lives of
The American Legion Online Update Should the wounded and slain from the Fort Hood shooting tragedy be awarded Purple Heart medals?
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Should the wounded and slain from the Fort Hood shooting tragedy be awarded Purple Heart medals? The BurnPit lays out the facts and gives visitors a chance to share their views.
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A wisconsin woman started the Camo Quilt Project in April, 2006. To date, her and her volunteers have sent 2,175 quilts to troops who are set to deploy. The project ships 45 quilts to Fort Hood on Saturday, in recognition of a soldier who was slain in the tragedy.
The American Legion Online Update Dates have been set for the 2010 Legacy Run
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The dates have been finalized for the 2010 Legacy Run - the widely successful fundraising event that brings in motorcyclists from all over the country. Legion Riders will depart from Indianapolis on Aug. 22 and arrive Aug. 26 in Milwaukee, the site of
The American Legion Online Update Legion Baseball team sends military care packages
The American Legion Online Update Today on Burn Pit: What do you miss most about military service?
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The American Legion Online Update A few tips when sending care packages to the troops.
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The American Legion Online Update How can a law require that a veteran's window(er) remarry after age 57 in order to get full benefits? Read more at the Burn Pit.
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Have a tip for us? A link that should appear here? Send it to Mothax@legion.orgNews from the World of Military and Veterans Issues. Iraq and A-Stan in parenthesis reflects that the author is currently deployed to that theater.
The American Legion Online Update Advocates for forming the American Legion in 1919 called Gen. John J. Pershing one of their staunchest allies.
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Historians called him Commander in Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces. Congress named him General of the Armies. His chief biographer called him J.J.P. Others used his nickname: Black Jack. But at the end of World War I, advocates for forming the
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The first batch of iPods purchased for the soldiers of
the U.S. Army's Bravo Troop 3-61 Cavalry arrived in Afghanistan on Friday. Through
its Burn Pit blog (burnpit.legion.org), The American Legion, with generous contributions from Target
Corp. and Computer Science Corp., raised more than $100,000 to provide comfort
items ...for the soldiers. “Sometimes we wonder just how much the US supports us
but with folks and organizations like you we see some good in it all,” 3-61’s
first sergeant wrote in an e-mail.
The American Legion Online Update History Channel to present World War II in HD.
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The History Channel will show World War II as it’s never been seen before. A five-night, 10-hour series premiering Sunday, “WWII in HD” draws from color war footage recently discovered in archives and private collections around the world. Some of
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House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner says medical facilities for
veterans and military personnel stand to suffer if a new national
health-care system becomes law.
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Medical facilities for veterans and military personnel stand to suffer if a new national health-care system becomes law, House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, told The American Legion Magazine on Wednesday.
