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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Forgotten Vets

Three pieces in the news recently, juxtaposed:

Ron Kovic, on the forgotten Iraq vet, describing his own experiences returning from Vietnam

and a video on Iraqi army vets, commenting that over there, vets face far greater challenges and neglect


and another story, about burying the remains of vets, one whose ashes sat for 34 years ago, never claimed

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sucks that the press does this number on US vets who complain by saying its always worse for other vets.

A Disabled Vet

Ruth said...

True. It's never much solace hearing that someone else might/could/does have it worse when you're unable to get services or resources that you really need. Hang in there.

Anonymous said...

Powerful links, Ruth. Makes me want to turn myself inside out.

Ruth said...

BG: Me too.