News from LDH: Veterans related links 020919

Back to Vietnam

He watched his friends die in Vietnam. 50 years later, this judge returned to that same spot with their families

https://www.ocregister.com/2018/05/25/he-watched-his-friends-die-in-vietnam-50-years-later-this-judge-returned-to-that-same-spot-with-their-families/

Veterans Remember: Navy Seabee Jake Satterfield met Churchill, played a part in D-Day invasion

https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/ww2veterans/veterans-remember-navy-seabee-jake-satterfield-met-churchill-played-a/article_d9659ab4-d027-52c1-8f22-c5a235153911.html

Peter Jackson's WWI epic ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’ will be released in 500 theaters

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2018/12/14/peter-jackson-world-war-they-shall-not-grow-old/2298270002/

Lord of the Rings Director Peter Jackson Brings Old WWI Footage Back to Life in 3D for New Doc

https://people.com/movies/lord-of-the-rings-director-peter-jackson-restores-old-wwi-footage-new-documentary-they-shall-not-grow-old/

They Shall Not Grow Old Is a Stunning World War I Documentary: The director Peter Jackson discusses the process of restoring 100-year-old footage for his new film and capturing the humanity of soldiers with unprecedented clarity.

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/12/peter-jackson-they-shall-not-grow-old-world-war-i-documentary/578542/

Jackson's 'They Shall Not Grow Old' Doc Brings WWI Soldiers To Life in Glorious Color

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dbloom/2018/12/17/they-shall-not-grow-old-film-peter-jackson-stereod-restoration/#3db8c93c157a

Quilt of Valor presented to 103-year-old Grace Bergman, oldest living female Marine in Pennsylvania

http://www.montgomerynews.com/soudertonindependent/news/quilt-of-valor-presented-to--year-old-grace-bergman/article_2deda7cc-20dd-11e9-aea8-ffd265cefe19.html?fbclid=IwAR2CDXl7N5gIHNp05ok-jsxVftdtoQOoM7qD0Ih2luLLqQlg15RtyrIjuNo

Court rules VA must pay disability benefits to ‘blue water’ Vietnam veterans

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/01/29/court-rules-va-must-pay-disability-benefits-to-blue-water-vietnam-veterans/?fbclid=IwAR2mtES7Lq8NjDgnGpD1fpSD5TgOk5xidOPRb9Ac_ARUWen7l4cW4IJ1MAo

Column: Finally, veterans win fight for benefits

https://poststar.com/news/local/column-finally-veterans-win-fight-for-benefits/article_47dc7efc-dede-542f-a491-e8bf30c8a949.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share&fbclid=IwAR1_gG7ToOT2azqvaFZqv6_iRNAwAWRwt3D6Yd6wOIpyt33496Niuy1itxw

Echo Taps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWFM59CW-c0&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR20jA03jZbu6iZ7KgiZ_5FPhLKgZ1RDcJn4y6ngbjgXY4ot2mjF_mRg1cQ

VA Benefits Progress and Results Webcast | Jan. 31, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8awczmPj7M&feature=youtu.be

Shulkin blasts 'toxic, chaotic, disrespectful' Washington in farewell op-ed

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/29/politics/david-shulkin-oped/index.html

Jerome "Jerry" Yellin[1] (February 15, 1924 – December 21, 2017) was a United States Army Air Forces World War II fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima and who flew 19 Very Long Range (VLR) combat missions over Japan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Yellin

Victims of Agent Orange

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPL7MU0JkyY&feature=share

The Great Middle East Head-Fake: A Senate vote on Syria and Afghanistan withdrawals proves Washington is still clueless and in danger of re-electing Trump

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/syria-afghanistan-vote-788308/?fbclid=IwAR04ajj26faXy16Y1uMvbIuRgL04SDEcStpXxrsjQto5PzMwt5S-W3A6evk

The Demons Come to Haunt Us All

http://www.populist.com/25.03.rollins.html

Agent Orange Activist From Andover Headed to State of the Union Address

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Agent-Orange-Activist-From-Andover-Headed-to-State-of-the-Union-Address-505274662.html?fbclid=IwAR27e4SfnP-XcmRZ7YjqSSrDgWASwp9QSnqRKwslJTXOrkoSQx7afbbKhC8

Wordsmiths Reading Series Examines Legacy of Vietnam War Feb. 8

http://www.bucks.edu/calendarnews/releases/name-61812-en.html?fbclid=IwAR2MOgFMlul9fD5KFAehDnUP4znAEeqkY9QiKZDXXiJ11tLDaBIywz1bmpA

‘Blue water’ Navy veterans from Vietnam-era win Agent Orange benefits case

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/blue-water-navy-veterans-from-vietnam-era-win-agent-orange-benefits-case/2019/01/29/3ec77bfc-23f0-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html?mc_cid=2bd11bf70f&mc_eid=7e986ce91a&noredirect=on&utm_term=.49f2dc9650b1

Veterans Claiming Illness From Burn Pits Lose Court Fight

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/16/685657005/veterans-claiming-illness-from-burn-pits-lose-court-fight?mc_cid=2bd11bf70f&mc_eid=7e986ce91a

This Philly high school lost 64 grads in Vietnam. Now it will have a new life | Ronnie Polaneczky

https://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/ronnie_polaneczky/veterans-day-edison-high-school-vietnam-war-killed-in-action-20181109.html

Edison 64: A Tragedy in Vietnam and at Home. Written by award winning author Richard Sand. Note: The author, Richard Sand, is scheduled to be at the meeting of the Liberty Bell Chapter 266, Vietnam Veterans of America, 1515 E. Luzerne Street, Phila., PA 19124 215-288-7998, on Monday, March 4, 2019, at 7 PM. It will be an opportunity to meet the author and get an autographed copy of the book.

https://www.edison64.org/?fbclid=IwAR117KmPCs0vHysTPYCG85yXuKl6Q4iME0iN6EQ5di5pzrGEYo0CrIa_3YY

VA to open clinic in the Northeast: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is in the process of setting up a community healthcare clinic in Northeast Philadelphia.

https://northeasttimes.com/2019/01/25/va-to-open-clinic-in-the-northeast/

Local crew works on film about 27 Father Judge High School grads killed in Vietnam

http://www.delconewsnetwork.com/mediatowntalk/news/local-crew-works-on-film-about-father-judge-high-school/article_11b719de-eee6-57ba-b5d0-287854aa3b80.html

Father Judge High School, located in Philadelphia, PA, has the legacy of losing more young men to the Vietnam War than any other Catholic High School in the Nation. Twenty-seven Father Judge Crusaders names are on the "Wall" at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C.

http://fredlohr.com/inmemory.htm

Man pays tribute to 27 schoolmates killed in Vietnam War

http://www.fox29.com/news/man-pays-tribute-to-27-school-mates-killed-in-vietnam-war

Honoring their legacy: Father Judge High School hosted screenings of Remembering the 27 Crusaders, a documentary about the school’s graduates who were killed in the Vietnam War.

https://northeasttimes.com/2018/11/15/honoring-their-legacy/

MICHAEL YUSKO died. He proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and was stationed in the Wallis Islands at Apamama, and on Okinawa during the Pacific Campaign, where he was part of the 8th AAA Defense Battalion.

https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/obituaries/20190206/michael-yusko

GOP Kills Bill That Would Extend Agent Orange Benefits To US Navy Vietnam Vets

https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/gop-kills-bill-that-would-extend-agent-orange-benefits-to-us-navy-vietnam-vets-pfQDkXtUHkSZCGW4_5SKcw/?fbclid=IwAR2pc4tVcF-NuL945sgOPfqq9XIGp4rZshVpzNCsG23P2s0xJUDvkqN2au4

Veteran Town Hall on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, 6 PM

CMCVAMC, 3900 Woodland Ave., Philadelphia, PA, 7^th Floor, LVA Auditorium

https://www.philadelphia.va.gov/features/FY19_Veteran_Town_Hall_Dates.asp

National Salute to Veteran Patients

https://www.volunteer.va.gov/nationalSaluteVeteranPatients.asp

Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC Voluntary Services

https://www.philadelphia.va.gov/giving/index.asp

The Fine for Scamming U.S. Veterans Out of Their Pensions Is Now $1: Thanks to President Donald J. Trump and his lackey, Mick Mulvaney.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a26064594/cfpb-veteran-pension-scam-one-dollar-mick-mulvaney/