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Saturday, February 7, 2015

FW: VVA: Fwd: Remember The Fallen -- February

Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 02:52:50 -0500
Subject: VVA: Fwd: Remember The Fallen -- February
From: vva@vva2.talklist.com
To: vva@vva2.talklist.com

via Gerry Ney

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From: Noonie Fortin <nooniefortin@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 2:22 PM
Subject: Remember The Fallen -- February

This month please remember these women who died during February while serving our country in or during war times:

1 Feb 1968: CIVILIAN Ruth Thompson, missionary, VIETNAM

1 Feb 1968: CIVILIAN Carolyn Griswald, missionary, VIETNAM

1 Feb 1968: CIVILIAN Ruth Wilting, missionary, VIETNAM

3 Feb 2005: CIVILIAN Carmen Christina Urdaneta, 32, humanitarian, AFGHANISTAN

3 Feb 2005: CIVILIAN Cristin "Cristi" Gadue, 26, humanitarian, AFGHANISTAN

3 Feb 2005: CIVILIAN Amy Lynn (Niebling) Meeks, 29, humanitarian, AFGHANISTAN

4 Feb 1997: USN AW3 Wendy L Potter, airplane crash, off coast of Israel

7 Feb 1944: USA ANC LT Marjorie Morrow, WW II

7 Feb 1944: CIVILIAN ARC Esther Richards, died at Anzio, WW II

7 Feb 1944: USA ANC 1LT Carrie Sheetz, WW II

7 Feb 1944: USA ANC LT Blanche Sigman, WW II

7 Feb 2007: USMC CPT Jennifer Harris, 27, IRAQ

7 Feb 2007: USMC CPL Jennifer Parcell, 20, IRAQ

9 Feb 1944: USA ANC LT LaVerne Farquar, WW II

9 Feb 1944: USA ANC LT Gertrude Spelboug, WW II

9 Feb 1971: CIVILIAN Lucinda J. Richter, American Red Cross, VIETNAM

9 Feb 2005: ILARNG SGT Jessica M. Housby, 23, IRAQ

10 Feb 2010: USA PFC Adriana Alvarez, 20, gunshot wound, IRAQ

12 Feb 2007: USN MA2 Laquita (Pate) James, 33, natural causes aboard USS Bataan, AFGHANISTAN

12 Feb 2009: USN IT3 Caitlin Trask, 21, died of gunshot wound by her former boyfriend in Newport News, VA

12 Feb 2009: USAF T/SGT Jessica Sweet, 30, leukemia, Walter Reed

14 Feb 2008: USA SGT Julianna Gehant, 32, murdered in Northern Illinois University

14 Feb 2013: USA SPC Kimberly Walker, 28, murdered by boyfriend, Colorado Springs, CO

15 Feb 2010: USAF MG Jeanne Holm, died from double pneumonia

16 Feb 1944: USA ANC Ellen Ainsworth, 24, WW II

16 Feb 2004: USAR PFC Nichole M. Frye, 19, IRAQ

16 Feb 2005: USA SPC Katrina Lani (Johnson) Bell, 32, IRAQ

16 Feb 2014: USMC GySgt Monica Plank, 34, hit & run driver, OH

17 Feb 2006: USAF SrAirman Alecia S Good, 23, plane crash near Africa

18 Feb 1944: WASP Marian Toevs, WW II

18 Feb 1966: USA ANC 2LT Carol Ann Drazba, 22, VIETNAM

18 Feb 1966: USA ANC 2LT Elizabeth Ann Jones, 22, VIETNAM

19 Feb 2009: HIARNG PFC Cwislyn K Walter, 19, non-combat vehicle accident

19 Feb 2010: USA SGT Winter Plummer, 27, murdered by husband at Ft Lewis, WA

21 Feb 2010: TNARNG CWO2 Billie J Grinder, 25, helicopter accident, IRAQ

22 Feb 2008: USA SPC Keisha M Morgan, 25, non-combat overdose, IRAQ

22 Feb 2010: USA PFC Autumn M Shannon, 32, murdered by mother, Ft Bragg, NC

22 Feb 2012: CIVILIAN Journalist Marie Colvin, 56, killed in crossfire, Syria

24 Feb 1944: ANC 2LT Elizabeth J Howren, plane crash near Gela-Vittoria, Sicily

25 Feb 1944: WASP Trainee Betty Pauline Stine, WW II

25 Feb 1991: USAR SPC Christine Mayes, 22, barracks building in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, DESERT STORM

25 Feb 1991: USAR SPC Beverly S Clark, 23, barracks building in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, DESERT STORM

25 Feb 1991: USAR SPC Adrienne L Mitchell, 20, barracks building in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, DESERT STORM

26 Feb 2007: MDARNG PVT May Yuen, 22, Basic Training suicide?

27 Feb 1991: USA SGT Cheryl (LaBeau) O'Brien, 24, DESERT STORM

27 Feb 2007: CIVILIAN Geraldine Marques, 31, suicide bomber, AFGHANISTAN

28 Feb 1991: CTARNG SPC Cindy Marie Beaudoin, 19, Kuwait, DESERT STORM

28 Feb 2003: USAF SSG Shelby Dawn Orelup, 22, murdered at Sheppard AFB, TX

28 Feb 2009: USMC Carri Leigh Goodwin, 20, suicide due to rape

You can learn a little more about these women as well as those who died in The Pentagon on 9/11/01 and in the Oklahoma City bombing by going to my webpages honoring them at:

www.nooniefortin.com/iraq.htm

www.nooniefortin.com/afghanistan.htm

www.nooniefortin.com/otherareas.htm

www.nooniefortin.com/thepentagon.htm

www.nooniefortin.com/okc.htm

www.nooniefortin.com/desertstorm.htm

www.nooniefortin.com/vietnam.htm

www.nooniefortin.com/earlierwars.htm

If I have left anyone off--kindly let me know. I am still trying to find exact dates for those who died in earlier wars--those women will be listed each January if I can't find any other dates.

Noonie Fortin
1SG, USAR (Ret)
Author and Speaker
Researcher and Consultant
www.nooniefortin.com
www.colonelmaggie.com
www.talesandwhalespublishing.com
www.facebook.com/noonie.fortin

A Veteran - whether active duty, retired, National Guard or Reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The People of the United States of America", for any amount "up to and including my life". ~ Author unknown.

FW: VVA: Fw: VFW Action Corps Weekly, February 6, 2015

From: vva@vva2.talklist.com
To: krrisk@comcast.net
Subject: VVA: Fw: VFW Action Corps Weekly, February 6, 2015
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 07:22:42 -0600

VFW Action Corps Weekly, February 6, 2015

Ken Riskedahl
Tupelo, MS.

February 6, 2015

In This Issue:

1. VFW Conducts Second VA Choice Card Survey

2. Defense Releases FY 2016 Budget Request

3. Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention Bill Clears Congress

4. Prescription Tracking

5. New TRICARE Prescription Copays in Effect

6. Pentagon Launches Call to Continued Service Campaign

7. Three MIAs Identified

1. VFW Conducts Second VA Choice Card Survey: In December the VFW commissioned a survey to poll members on their experiences accessing the Veterans Choice Program. Thanks to you, we learned that veterans still faced significant problems in accessing their non-VA care options. Now, we are evaluating progress as the Veterans Choice Program enters its third month.

If you took our survey the first time, please take this survey again so we can track any changes in your experiences. If you are taking this survey for the first time, your input is critical to holding VA accountable for delivering timely non-VA care options to veterans.

Take the survey here: https://www.research.net/s/VFWChoiceSurvey2. To learn more about the Veterans Choice Program or to share your stories with us, please visit: http://www.vfw.org/VAWatch/.

2. Defense Releases FY 2016 Budget Request: The Pentagon on Monday released its $585.3 billion fiscal 2016 budget request with recommendations to continue slowing the growth in military pay and compensation. Most notably, the Defense Department recommends:

A 1.3% military pay raise, which is slightly better than the past two consecutive 1% requests but still less than the expected CPI increase.

To cut housing allowances by 4% over the next few years, which continues the Pentagon's push to lower BAH from the current 99% of average costs to 95%.

To reduce appropriated funding to commissaries by $300 million, which again continues a push to reduce the current $1.4 billion in annual subsidies to $400 million. This could force some commissaries to reduce their hours and days of operation.

A new fee to penalize active duty families who are perceived to be abusing or misusing military emergency rooms.

At minimum, to more than double copays for pharmaceuticals purchased commercially.

To create new TRICARE-for-Life enrollment fees, but grandfather existing users. The proposed TFL fee begins at a half-percent of gross retired pay in FY 2016, and increases to 2% by FY 2019.

To consolidate TRICARE Prime, Standard and Extra into one plan, and by FY 2020, raise the average retiree's out-of-pocket health costs to 10%.

VFW National Commander John Stroud called the defense budget request a good starting point, but said the best request would be for Congress to first end sequestration, which begins again on Oct. 1, and forces the Pentagon to cut almost $1 trillion from its budget over 10 years. That could eliminate quality of life programs for military personnel and their families, and tremendously impact readiness and modernization programs, to the point of jeopardizing the military's ability to respond when and where needed. Regarding the budget, Stroud said "The VFW looks to continuing this most important conversation with Congress and the American people about what it means to properly take care of veterans, service members and their families, but all is for naught as long as sequestration remains the law of the land. Congress must end it or replace it, so that the rest of America can begin moving forward."

3. Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention Bill Clears Congress: On Monday, the Senate passed H.R. 203, the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (SAV) Act, a bill that the VFW strongly supported, by a vote of 99-0. Having already cleared the House, the bill now heads to the President for his signature. This critical legislation begins to address the crisis of veterans' suicide by allowing VA to hire more psychiatrists, collaborate with local non-profit mental health organizations, and expand its successful peer support networks. Still, the VFW feels that more needs to be done. Dropped provisions from the final bill would have improved mental health partnerships between VA and the Reserve Components, and required DOD to review less-than-honorable discharges that may have been associated with undiagnosed PTSD. The VFW will continue to work with Congress on these critically important issues. To read the VFW press release on the SAV Act, click here: http://www.vfw.org/News-and-Events/Articles/2015-Articles/SAV-Act-Clears-Senate/.

4. Prescription Tracking: VA recently implemented a new online tool that allows veterans to track the delivery of their VA prescriptions through My HealtheVet, 24/7. VA reports that more than 57,000 veterans currently use the prescription tracker every day. Read more at: http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2676.

5. New TRICARE Prescription Copays in Effect: The FY 2015 National Defense Authorization Act required the military's TRICARE health program to increase most pharmacy copayments by $3. The increase went into effect Feb. 1, and copays vary depending on the class of drug and where beneficiaries choose to fill their prescriptions. Using military pharmacies to fill prescriptions continues to be free to beneficiaries, as well as generic formulary medications received through TRICARE's Pharmacy Home Delivery program. Read more at: http://www.tricare.mil/CoveredServices/BenefitUpdates/Archives/02_02_15_RxCopayIncrease.aspx.

6. Pentagon Launches Call to Continued Service Campaign: The Joint Chiefs of Staff signed a 32-star letter Tuesday to urge service members to continue serving their nation and communities after they separate or retire from the military. The Call to Continued Service Campaign expands the successful Marine For Life and Soldier For Life programs so that all are now encouraged to become military and veteran advocates out in their communities, and to help ease transitioning issues for future veterans and their families—which is exactly what the VFW is all about.

7. Three MIAs Identified: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced the identification of remains belonging to one airman and two soldiers who had been missing and unaccounted for since World War II and Korea. Returned are:

U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. James F. Gatlin, 25, of Jacksonville, Fla. On Dec. 23, 1944, Gatlin was copiloting a B-26C Marauder that was shot down while on a bombing mission near Ahrweiler, Germany. Gatlin and four other crew members were reported killed in action. He was assigned to the 575th Bombardment Squadron, 391st Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force, and was buried with full military honors Jan. 30 in Bushnell, Fla.

Army Sgt. Gilberto L. Sanchez, 19, of New Braunfels, Texas. Sanchez was assigned to Medical Company, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 31st Regimental Combat Team. His unit was deployed east of the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea when it was attacked by overwhelming numbers of Chinese forces. On Dec. 1, 1950, remnants of the 31st RCT, known historically as Task Force Faith, began a fighting withdrawal to more defensible positions south of the reservoir. Sanchez was reported as missing in action on Dec. 2. He was buried Jan. 23 with full military honors in San Antonio.

Army Cpl. C.G. Bolden, 24, of Van Buren, Ark. Bolden was assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on Jan. 5, 1951, and reportedly died in a North Korean POW Camp on April 30, 1951. He was buried Jan. 27 with full military honors in Clinton, Ark.

To sign up new veterans' advocates, click here: http://capwiz.com/vfw/mlm/signup.htm.

As always, we want to share your advocacy stories on the VFW Capitol Hill blog. To share your stories, either fill out our online form by clicking here: http://www.vfw.org/Forms/Capitol-Hill-Blog-Submissions/, or simply email photos and stories directly to vfwac@vfw.org.

Friday, January 9, 2015

FW: VFW Action Corps Weekly, January 9, 2015

Thank You

Robert Serge

VVA 17 Member

Blog Master

Don't talk about me until you have talked to me.

Don't underestimate me until you challenge me.

Don't judge me until you know me

Subject: VFW Action Corps Weekly, January 9, 2015
To: rserge1@outlook.com
From: amarkel@vfw.org
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 15:21:41 -0500

VFW Action Corps Weekly, January 9, 2015

January 9, 2015

In This Issue:

1. The 114^th Congress Begins

2. SAV Act Reintroduced in House and Senate

3. Military Infrastructure Changes

4. Three MIAs Recovered

1. The 114^th Congress Begins: On January 6, the 114^th Congress was sworn into office. Committee leadership positions have been selected and hearings have been scheduled. The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee has new leadership in both parties. Senator Johnny Isakson is now the Chairman of the committee and Senator Richard Blumenthal is the Ranking Member. In the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Congressman Jeff Miller remains the Chairman and Congresswoman Corrine Brown has been promoted to Ranking Member. See who else is on the Committees by clicking here:

Senate Committee http://innovation.cq.com/pub/table/index.php?id=247; House Committee http://innovation.cq.com/pub/table/index.php?id=255.

The House VA Committee has already scheduled three hearings. One will address legislation, including a reintroduction of the suicide prevention bill (SAV Act) that failed to pass at the end of the year. The other two hearings will address major construction projects and the growing appeals backlog. The VFW will testify at each of these hearings. We will provide an update as the dates draw closer.

2. SAV Act Reintroduced in House and Senate: The Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (SAV) Act, a bill that the VFW strongly supported last Congress, has been reintroduced in both the House and the Senate. This critical legislation would begin to address the crisis of veterans' suicide by allowing VA to hire more psychiatrists, collaborate with local non-profit mental health organizations, and expand successful peer support networks. Taken up late last year, the SAV Act failed to pass due to Senate procedural difficulties, despite broad bipartisan support. The VFW will work closely with the bill's sponsors, Representative Tim Walz (D-Minn.) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) to ensure that the SAV Act remains a top priority for the 114^th Congress. Check back for updates and be on the lookout for Action Alerts as this important bill moves through the legislative process. To watch Senator Blumenthal's Press conference on the SAV Act, click here: http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Veterans-Support-New-Push-to-Reduce-Suicides-287716211.html.

3. Military Infrastructure Changes: The Pentagon this week announced a decision to return 15 European sites and installations to their host countries, as well as the transfer of some existing operations elsewhere within the theater. Most notable will be the transfer of American operations from three Royal Air Force bases; the closure of six commissaries in Germany with only one new replacement; in Italy, to convert the Vicenza Health Center to an outpatient, specialty-care only facility; and in the Azores, to reduce active duty, civilian personnel and contractors by two-thirds. Congress must approve any stateside base realignment or closure actions, but the Defense Department has the authority to make such unilateral decisions overseas. The Pentagon is expected to request a stateside Base Realignment and Closure Commission as part of their FY 2016 budget submission next month. Read more at: http://www.defense.gov/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=17097.

4. Three MIAs Recovered: The Defense POW/MIA Office announced the identification of remains belonging to three American servicemen who had been missing in action from World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Recovered are:

Army Air Forces Maj. Peyton S. Mathis Jr., 28, of Montgomery, Ala. On June 5, 1944, Mathis was piloting a P-38J Lightning when the aircraft lost power while attempting to land at Kukum Air Field on Guadalcanal Island in the Solomon Islands. A rescue team located the crash site but was unable to recover Mathis because the aircraft was submerged in a dense jungle swamp. He will be buried with full military honors on a date and location yet to be determined.

Army Cpl. Francis D. Knobel, 20, of La Crosse, Wis., was assigned to Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, when he was lost Dec. 12, 1950, in North Korea. He will be buried with full military honors on a date and location yet to be determined.

Air Force Col. William E. Cooper, 45, of Albany, Ga., was assigned to the 469th Tactical Squadron, 388th Tactical Fighter Wing, when his F-105D Thunderchief was shot down while on a strike mission on a highway-railroad bridge north of Hanoi, North Vietnam, on April 24, 1966. He will be buried with full military honors on a date and location yet to be determined.

To sign up new veterans' advocates, click here: http://capwiz.com/vfw/mlm/signup.htm.

As always, we want to share your advocacy stories on the VFW Capitol Hill blog. To share your stories either fill out our online form by clicking here, http://www.vfw.org/Forms/Capitol-Hill-Blog-Submissions/, or simply email photos and stories directly to vfwac@vfw.org.

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Saturday, December 27, 2014

FW: Just a few days left, Robert

Thank You

Robert Serge

VVA 17 Member

Blog Master

Don't talk about me until you have talked to me.

Don't underestimate me until you challenge me.

Don't judge me until you know me

Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 10:00:31 -0600
From: friendsoffreedom@vfw.org
To: rserge1@outlook.com
Subject: Just a few days left, Robert

The Veterans of Foreign Wars

Dear Robert,
We're running out of daylight. Please send your gift in support of America's veterans today!

This is your final opportunity to make your 2014 gift—and take advantage of any tax benefits you're entitled to. Please don't let the year end without showing how much you care about America's veterans.

Thank you.

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Thursday, November 6, 2014

FW: Act Now: VFW Wall of Honor

Thank You

VVA Chapter 17

Member
Robert serge

To all my fellow veterans friends and family my we all remember

Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 13:26:03 -0600
From: friendsoffreedom@vfw.org
To: rserge@live.com
Subject: Act Now: VFW Wall of Honor

The Veterans of Foreign Wars

Robert,
Veterans Day is just 5 days away.

There's still time for you to get your hero's name on the VFW Wall of Honor.

The VFW is FOR VETERANS 365 days a year. Now we're giving you the chance to personalize your support and show a special veteran in your life how grateful you are for their service.

No defender should ever feel forgotten. When you add the name of a deserving veteran to the VFW Wall of Honor, you're making sure they never will.

Please help us add as many names as possible before Veterans Day. Share the VFW Wall of Honor with your friends on Facebook and Twitter.

Adding your hero's name sends a strong message of respect and gratitude. Thank you for helping us honor our country's veterans.

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

FW: Join Sport Clips in Helping Heroes

Thank You

Robert Serge

VVA 17 Member

Blog Master

To all my fellow veterans friends and family my we all remember

Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 11:20:01 -0500
From: friendsoffreedom@vfw.org
To: rserge1@outlook.com
Subject: Join Sport Clips in Helping Heroes

The Veterans of Foreign Wars

Robert,

Our good friends at Sport Clips Haircuts invite you to join them in supporting the educational goals of our nation's heroes.

In 2013, Sport Clips proudly partnered with the VFW to expand the focus of their "Help A Hero" fundraising program to introduce the VFW's "Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship" program.

You can make a contribution at Sport Clips locations now through Veterans Day, November 11. And, make your haircut count on Veterans Day, when Sport Clips will donate $1 from every hair care service to the program.

Find a Sport Clips near you!

 The goal is to raise $600,000! Proceeds help provide scholarships to veterans for use at post-secondary schools, including trade schools. Learn more about the program.

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Sunday, October 12, 2014

FW: VFW Action Corps Weekly, October 10, 2014

Thank You

VVA Chapter 17

Member
Robert serge

To all my fellow veterans friends and family my we all remember

Subject: VFW Action Corps Weekly, October 10, 2014
To: rserge@live.com
From: amarkel@vfw.org
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 15:22:22 -0400

VFW Action Corps Weekly, October 10, 2014

October 10, 2014

In This Issue:

1. Retirement Commission to Visit Fort Hood

2. Know Where Your Candidates Stand on Veterans Issues

3. Tricare Stops Notification Letters

4. VA Enrollees Can Now Get Vaccinations at Walgreens

5. Seven WWII Airmen Recovered

1. Retirement Commission to Visit Fort Hood: The Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission will hold a town hall meeting from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16, at the Marriott Courtyard, 1721 E. Central Texas Expressway (US Route 90), Killeen, Texas 76541. All service members, veterans, military retirees and their families are encouraged to attend because the Commission is charged with examining how the troops are compensated while in uniform, in retirement, and as veterans. Their reach includes those programs operated by the VA and Department of Labor. Among the compensation and Quality of Life programs under review are the 20-year retirement system; military pay and the tax-exempt status of allowances; concurrent receipt of retiree and disability pay; the GI Bills; military healthcare costs and eligibility; military exchanges, commissaries and schools; and transition and employment assistance programs, among many others. The VFW has met several times with the Commission and testified before them last November. More information is available at http://www.mcrmc.gov/.

2. Know Where Your Candidates Stand on Veterans Issues: Only three and a half weeks remain until the federal midterm election. It is critical for veterans to know where their members of Congress and candidates stand on our issues. Attend their town hall meetings and ask what their plan is to end the Department of Defense sequestration, and if they are willing to invest in fully funding VA health care. Attend in a group and turn a general town hall into a veterans town hall. If you are having a hard time finding where your candidates are speaking, look on their websites for phone numbers and call to request meeting locations. Also, all members of Congress and most candidates have an e-newsletter that will often tell you where they will be week-to-week. Let them know we are a Nation still at war and the cost of war doesn't end when the bullets stop flying.

3. Tricare Stops Notification Letters: The Department of Defense is no longer sending paper letters to notify Tricare beneficiaries about changes to their coverage and eligibility status. Tricare beneficiaries need to watch their email and ensure they have a milConnect account to receive information about changes to their TRICARE coverage. Beneficiaries will now receive emails or post cards directing them to online resources where they can view their information. Read more at http://www.tricare.mil/CoveredServices/BenefitUpdates/Archives/10_01_14_NoMoreLetters.aspx.

4. VA Enrollees Can Now Get Vaccinations at Walgreens: This week, VA announced that enrolled veterans may begin receiving flu shots and other vaccinations recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at Walgreens retail pharmacies nationwide. The program, based on a successful pilot program in Florida, will help expand veterans' access to vaccines just in time for flu season. The vaccines are subject to availability, and the program's funding will allow Walgreens to administer approximately 75,000 flu shots this year. Under the agreement, Walgreens will provide the vaccinations at no charge, and will electronically add them to the veteran's VA health record. The vaccines are available daily during normal Walgreens pharmacy hours with no appointment necessary. Veterans may still receive their vaccinations from VA facilities if they choose. For more information about the program, click here: http://www.ehealth.va.gov/Immunization.asp.

5. Seven WWII Airmen Recovered: The Defense POW/MIA Office announced the identification of remains belonging to seven Army Air Force airmen who had been missing in action since World War II. Identified are 1st Lts. William D. Bernier, 28, of Augusta, Mont., Bryant E. Poulsen, 22, of Salt Lake City, and Herbert V. Young Jr., 23, of Clarkdale, Ariz.; Technical Sgts. Charles L. Johnston, 20, of Pittsburgh, and Hugh F. Moore, 36, of Elkton, Md.; Staff Sgt. John E. Copeland, 21, of Dearing, Kan., and Sgt. Charles A. Gardner, 32, from San Francisco. On April 10, 1944, Bernier, along with 11 other B-24D Liberator bombers, took off on a mission to attack an anti-aircraft site at Hansa Bay, New Guinea. Their aircraft was shot down. Four crewmen parachuted from the aircraft, but were reported to have died in captivity. Read their recovery story, and those of others, at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/news/news_releases/index.htm.

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