Richard Overton, World War II Veteran, remains the oldest living veteran to this day. He was born on May 11th, 1906 making him a 111 years old. Overton fought on the Pacific during World War II. He later visited Washington D.C. and was referred to as the oldest living veteran. Overton became an in-demand celebrity. The Texas governor showed up at his door bearing whiskey, Barack Obama invited him to the White House, and the San Antonio Spurs gave him a number 110 jersey (which was his age at the time) and brought him onto the court for a standing ovation. To this day, Overton receives cigars in the mail, phone calls, and people coming to his house thanking him for his service.
The MacNaughton Group donated one million dollars to veterans. In U.S. Veteran history this is the largest single donation. The money will help homeless veterans in Hawaii. In the United States, Hawaii struggles the most with homelessness. The MacNaughton Group is a local development company in Kalaeloa.
Date: June 19, 2017 Source: https://www.usvetsinc.org/information-center/locations/barbers-point/in-the-news-scores-of-homeless-vets-to-be-housed-thanks-to-1m-donation/
The U.S. Military is changing its retirement system. They are changing from a monthly check their entire life to ones that include investment accounts. This suggestion was made to the military by the Retirement Organization. They did this because many people left the military with no retirement saved up. Currently, Service members must serve up to 20 years to receive a pension. More than 80% fall short of that number.
An emotionally moving flag display that represents our fallen military heroes will start teh week of appreciation and recognition on Tuesday that will continue through Veterans Day and after at Oklahoma State University. Volunteers will begin placing the more than 6,900 flags on the library lawn on Tuesday at 1 p.m. Each flag represents a military service member who gave his or her life in our nation’s defense during the Global War on Terror. http://www.stwnewspress.com/news/campus-flag-display-to-lead-up-to-veterans-day/article_cdaa8db4-c1db-11e7-a9d9-17627abb2fd0.html
A flag display representing fallen military heroes will be at Oklahoma State University. They started doing this three years ago. Volunteers place more than 6,900 flags on the library lawn. They also place dog tags on each flag. The dog tags have the fallen veterans name, rank, branch of service, and home of record on them.
The MacNaughton Group (TMG), from Hawaii is a real estate investment. They recently announced the launch of the TMG Foundation. The TMG Foundation’s grant consisted of $1 million! It was presented today to the Hawaii chapter of U.S. Vets. It will to help them with their mission of ending homelessness for our military veterans. They also honored Mr. Alan Kidwell. He is a Vietnam War veteran who passed away in July 2011.
As part of their latest endeavor to improve care for our country’s combat vets, the Department of Veterans Affairs has invested in a rapidly advancing form of intelligence: the artificial kind. AI has been hailed by most forecasters as a revolutionary force in all manner of fields, from transportation to predicting the weather, and this exciting wave of possibility promises to transform the healthcare sphere, as well. The opportunity to use this growing tech to improve veteran healthcare has rightfully attracted positive attention to some intriguing new initiatives. The military population is no stranger to AI. Artificial intelligence has already begun to roll out in combat applications, but it looks to take the leap into health treatment, creating exciting new possibilities for treating and preventing debilitating and fatal diseases in our veteran population. Especially when considering the challenges unique to veterans’ healthcare, this new approach carries hope for more effective and intelligently designed treatment for every veteran who needs it. Given everything our service members have done for our country, providing them with the best possible care is something all Americans can get behind.
A US Spec Ops service member was killed in Afghanistan due to a helicopter crash in the Logar Province in Eastern Afghanistan. The chopper was transporting troops to complete a night raid in a village. The chopper came to low over a mountain side and clipped a tree sending it out of control. The military has released very few details relating to the case. Six others were injured. The crash had nothing to do with enemy actions.
A man by the name of Lockheed Martin has great intentions. He desires to provide homes for veterans transitioning for combat to regular life. He has committed more than 330,000 dollars towards this cause. Most of the veterans that they are providing for have a missing limb or mental disease from war. these homes have the intent to help families start over and or rebuild upon their lives. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/building-homes-rebuilding-lives-homes-for-our-troops-provides-veterans-with-specially-adapted-custom-homes-300536172.html
There has been a growing concern and awareness about the trauma, sexual assault, and mental health issues toward many women troops and veterans. A new plan is designed to reach out to those women veterans in need of help. Also to connect them to services and resources specific to their needs. The new program is called Women Vets On Point. It was funded through a southern California foundation.
It took Donald Trump 12 days to speak in public about the terrorist attack that left four American soldiers dead. It was only because a reporter asked, “Why haven't we heard anything from you so far about the soldiers that were killed in Niger?” he finally spoke about it. Trump answered that he likes to call and write letters to family members of service troops. Aides of former presidents rejected the notion that their bosses did not communicate with families who lost loved ones. There's a lot we still don't know about what happened in Niger and why four American soldiers died there. Republicans and Democrats are calling for an investigation.
The Craven County Veterans’ Council will host the annual free Veteran’s Day Lunch at 11 a.m. on Thursday. It will be at the National Guard Armory at New Bern, North Carolina. They will pay tribute to nearly 20,000 veterans of Craven County with special acknowledgement of the history and linage of New Bern National Guard. The program will include patriotic music by the Havelock Community Band, followed by Marine Crops League Cherry Point No. 1067 presentation of the Colors, singing of the National Anthem and the Pledge of Allegiance.
Today president Donald Trump called democratic candidate Ralph Northam weak on our great veterans, when he served in the U.S. Army for eight years as a medic. Northam served as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, later rising to the rank of major.
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) is holding a Veterans Day Celebration on November 10th. The school decided to use their Friday to dedicate to the troops of our country.
Brantley Gilbert recently went on a motorcycle ride with the Wounded Warrior Project. Sgt. Justin Patterson thanked Brantley by giving him his first Purple Heart Medal. Patterson didn't have much of an Idea about Brantley Gilbert until he heard one of his songs meant a lot to not only him, but other veterans in need. Brantley wanted to give back to the wounded veteran. He told him in a video him and his weren't going to make the CMT awards this year and he had two open spots available. He wants Sgt. Patterson to represent him there.
Veteran Groups are pushing for medical marijuana to be used to help treat PTSD. For more then a year the Stalwart Veterans group has been working to make a debate as a question of using medical marijuana to treat people with PTSD. They keep arguing that if they let people with PTSD that the suicide rates among soldiers will go down instead of then returning back to the horrors of war.
Ugwu, Reggie. “Veterans Groups Push for Medical Marijuana to Treat PTSD.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 3 Nov. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/11/03/us/medical-marijuana-veterans.html?rref.
The U.S. military is changing their retirement system. The new system will take place in January of next year. The system that it is right now is retirees receive a monthly paycheck for life based on their years of service and pay. The new system is being changed to investment accounts. The change in the system came from the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/03/your-money/military-pensions-thrift-savings-plan.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FVeterans&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=collection
Burlington, Vt. - The University of Vermont now has a way to help relieve college application costs for U.S. Veterans and Service Members. Its announced that it would be waiving the college application fee for members of the U.S Armed forces at participating universities. Veterans and Service Members can apply through the Coalitions website in 2018 for the 2019-2020 academic year.
This year, Hamilton Senior high school's Trevor Morrison lead the Pledge of Allegiance at his school's opening ceremony. Morrison, a senior with special needs, has been working for 2 years to learn the pledge and was excited to honor Veteran's day. Morrison worked with a teacher, Jan Witt, to learn the pledge. Jan Witt said that Trevor was one of the friendliest students at the high school. Kimzey said, "Trevor leading us in the Pledge will be memorable and inspiring."
President Trump signs the Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act. These will enable Secretary David Shulkin to fire underperforming Department employees and protect whistleblowers. VA accountability is law that makes sure that our veterans are treated with respect they deserve. It gives the secretary the authority to move federal employees who fail and endanger our veterans and to do so quickly and affectively. Trump says "Those entrusted with this sacred duty of serving our veterans will be held accountable for the care they provide." This bill also protects whistleblowers who do the right thing this wants to reward the many dedicated employees at the VA. https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trumps-signs-veterans-affairs-reform-act-holding-employees-accountable-974641219503
Hawaii struggles with high rates of homelessness especially with some veterans, but now with a 1 million donation from the MacNaughton Group they can finally house the veterans. Lots of veterans from their experience in war when they come back they struggle a little bit, some even started making bad choices and becoming homeless. This group made the highest single donation in veterans history just so our veterans don't have to live on the streets.
Thanks to an amazing $1 million gift from The MacNaughton Group, the largest single donation in U.S.VETS history, we will be able to ramp up there efforts to provide housing and services to homeless veterans in Hawaii, which struggles with the highest rates of homelessness in the country.
Ford Motor companies are giving disable veterans new mobility options. These are to assist veterans that need help getting to doctor appointments. Last year ford transported 700,000 disabled veterans to doctor and hospital visits. The DAV transportation network recruits volunteer drivers who will put new Ford flex utilities into service taking ill and disabled veterans to veteran affairs medical centers across the country.
Hawaii's U.S. Vets chapter group received a donation of one million dollars from the MacNaughton group. This is the largest donation ever to the chapter. The money will be used for assisting the veterans and there families with housing, counseling, and career support. The donation was aimed towards helping end the large amounts of homeless veterans. The money will also be used to rebuild the recreational area of the U.S Vets barbers point location.
Military veterans are a prime target for telephone scams and more likely to end up as fraud victims. The AARP survey released that veterans are twice more likely than the public to become victimized. The survey said that 16% of U.S. veterans have lost money to fraudsters. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/tompor/2017/11/09/veterans-prime-targets-phone-scams-pitches-upfront-benefits-buyouts/846696001/
Veterans day is a special day for them. Many people offer them meals or free haircuts. Nine restaurants offered free meals or a discounted meal. Also five haircut places offered them free haircuts. Stores like Bed bath and beyond, Dollar General, Home Depot, Target, ect. Also offered them discounts.
A special company that makes smart glasses are coming together and handing out free ones to help disabled veterans get back into their normal lives and maybe even the workforce. This only applies to veterans with low sight capabilities and blindness. The Wounded Warrior Program has received approval to assess individual needs, and where appropriate provide smart glasses hardware and software, training and support. The project is expected to span 4 to 5 years and is targeted to assist 175,000 American veterans and wounded warriors with low vision and blindness.
Richard Overton, is a World War II veteran who fought the the pacific. He's usually found on his porch in Austin Texas, smoking cigars, and chatting with his long list of friends. Then in 2013 he visited Washington, D.C. and was referred to in the media as the oldest living U.S. veteran. Overton go famous for this as Texas Governor Rick Perry showed up at his door bearing whiskey, president Barack Obama invited him to the White House and the San Antonio Spurs gave him a number 110 jersey (his age at the time) and brought him onto the court for a standing ovation. Overton is currently 111 years old, and he gets calls from people thanking him for his service, also in the mail getting cigars from people.
Curtis Johnson has been trying to convince the Gulf Coast Veterans Health care staff that he needs a new knee for 14 years. He injured his knee in basic training in 1976. The injury ended his military career. Johnson will pay right out of his pocket next week to get a knee replacement at a different place. Johnson was protesting outside of the Veterans Administration complex in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Frank Buschmeier, a World War II veteran, received France's highest military honor. He was awarded this morning at Archbishop McNicholas High School during their Veteran's Day ceremony. He was drafted in 1923 the the Army Air Corps. He became a prisoner of war for 9 months before returning home after the war had ended.
Richard Overton, World War II Veteran, remains the oldest living veteran to this day. He was born on May 11th, 1906 making him a 111 years old. Overton fought on the Pacific during World War II. He later visited Washington D.C. and was referred to as the oldest living veteran. Overton became an in-demand celebrity. The Texas governor showed up at his door bearing whiskey, Barack Obama invited him to the White House, and the San Antonio Spurs gave him a number 110 jersey (which was his age at the time) and brought him onto the court for a standing ovation. To this day, Overton receives cigars in the mail, phone calls, and people coming to his house thanking him for his service.
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The MacNaughton Group donated one million dollars to veterans. In U.S. Veteran history this is the largest single donation. The money will help homeless veterans in Hawaii. In the United States, Hawaii struggles the most with homelessness. The MacNaughton Group is a local development company in Kalaeloa.
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The U.S. Military is changing its retirement system. They are changing from a monthly check their entire life to ones that include investment accounts. This suggestion was made to the military by the Retirement Organization. They did this because many people left the military with no retirement saved up. Currently, Service members must serve up to 20 years to receive a pension. More than 80% fall short of that number.
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An emotionally moving flag display that represents our fallen military heroes will start teh week of appreciation and recognition on Tuesday that will continue through Veterans Day and after at Oklahoma State University. Volunteers will begin placing the more than 6,900 flags on the library lawn on Tuesday at 1 p.m. Each flag represents a military service member who gave his or her life in our nation’s defense during the Global War on Terror.
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A flag display representing fallen military heroes will be at Oklahoma State University. They started doing this three years ago. Volunteers place more than 6,900 flags on the library lawn. They also place dog tags on each flag. The dog tags have the fallen veterans name, rank, branch of service, and home of record on them.
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The MacNaughton Group (TMG), from Hawaii is a real estate investment. They recently announced the launch of the TMG Foundation. The TMG Foundation’s grant consisted of $1 million! It was presented today to the Hawaii chapter of U.S. Vets. It will to help them with their mission of ending homelessness for our military veterans. They also honored Mr. Alan Kidwell. He is a Vietnam War veteran who passed away in July 2011.
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ReplyDeleteAs part of their latest endeavor to improve care for our country’s combat vets, the Department of Veterans Affairs has invested in a rapidly advancing form of intelligence: the artificial kind. AI has been hailed by most forecasters as a revolutionary force in all manner of fields, from transportation to predicting the weather, and this exciting wave of possibility promises to transform the healthcare sphere, as well. The opportunity to use this growing tech to improve veteran healthcare has rightfully attracted positive attention to some intriguing new initiatives. The military population is no stranger to AI. Artificial intelligence has already begun to roll out in combat applications, but it looks to take the leap into health treatment, creating exciting new possibilities for treating and preventing debilitating and fatal diseases in our veteran population. Especially when considering the challenges unique to veterans’ healthcare, this new approach carries hope for more effective and intelligently designed treatment for every veteran who needs it. Given everything our service members have done for our country, providing them with the best possible care is something all Americans can get behind.
Source: https://www.usveteransmagazine.com/2017/11/01/marine-mechanic-nurse-scholar-laura-tolver-receives-pat-tillman-foundation-scholarship/
A US Spec Ops service member was killed in Afghanistan due to a helicopter crash in the Logar Province in Eastern Afghanistan. The chopper was transporting troops to complete a night raid in a village. The chopper came to low over a mountain side and clipped a tree sending it out of control. The military has released very few details relating to the case. Six others were injured. The crash had nothing to do with enemy actions.
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A man by the name of Lockheed Martin has great intentions. He desires to provide homes for veterans transitioning for combat to regular life. He has committed more than 330,000 dollars towards this cause. Most of the veterans that they are providing for have a missing limb or mental disease from war. these homes have the intent to help families start over and or rebuild upon their lives.
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There has been a growing concern and awareness about the trauma, sexual assault, and mental health issues toward many women troops and veterans. A new plan is designed to reach out to those women veterans in need of help. Also to connect them to services and resources specific to their needs. The new program is called Women Vets On Point. It was funded through a southern California foundation.
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It took Donald Trump 12 days to speak in public about the terrorist attack that left four American soldiers dead. It was only because a reporter asked, “Why haven't we heard anything from you so far about the soldiers that were killed in Niger?” he finally spoke about it. Trump answered that he likes to call and write letters to family members of service troops. Aides of former presidents rejected the notion that their bosses did not communicate with families who lost loved ones. There's a lot we still don't know about what happened in Niger and why four American soldiers died there. Republicans and Democrats are calling for an investigation.
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The Craven County Veterans’ Council will host the annual free Veteran’s Day Lunch at 11 a.m. on Thursday. It will be at the National Guard Armory at New Bern, North Carolina. They will pay tribute to nearly 20,000 veterans of Craven County with special acknowledgement of the history and linage of New Bern National Guard. The program will include patriotic music by the Havelock Community Band, followed by Marine Crops League Cherry Point No. 1067 presentation of the Colors, singing of the National Anthem and the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Today president Donald Trump called democratic candidate Ralph Northam weak on our great veterans, when he served in the U.S. Army for eight years as a medic. Northam served as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, later rising to the rank of major.
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The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) is holding a Veterans Day Celebration on November 10th. The school decided to use their Friday to dedicate to the troops of our country.
ReplyDeleteBrantley Gilbert recently went on a motorcycle ride with the Wounded Warrior Project. Sgt. Justin Patterson thanked Brantley by giving him his first Purple Heart Medal. Patterson didn't have much of an Idea about Brantley Gilbert until he heard one of his songs meant a lot to not only him, but other veterans in need. Brantley wanted to give back to the wounded veteran. He told him in a video him and his weren't going to make the CMT awards this year and he had two open spots available. He wants Sgt. Patterson to represent him there.
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Veteran Groups are pushing for medical marijuana to be used to help treat PTSD. For more then a year the Stalwart Veterans group has been working to make a debate as a question of using medical marijuana to treat people with PTSD. They keep arguing that if they let people with PTSD that the suicide rates among soldiers will go down instead of then returning back to the horrors of war.
ReplyDeleteUgwu, Reggie. “Veterans Groups Push for Medical Marijuana to Treat PTSD.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 3 Nov. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/11/03/us/medical-marijuana-veterans.html?rref.
The U.S. military is changing their retirement system. The new system will take place in January of next year. The system that it is right now is retirees receive a monthly paycheck for life based on their years of service and pay. The new system is being changed to investment accounts. The change in the system came from the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission.
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Burlington, Vt. - The University of Vermont now has a way to help relieve college application costs for U.S. Veterans and Service Members. Its announced that it would be waiving the college application fee for members of the U.S Armed forces at participating universities. Veterans and Service Members can apply through the Coalitions website in 2018 for the 2019-2020 academic year.
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This year, Hamilton Senior high school's Trevor Morrison lead the Pledge of Allegiance at his school's opening ceremony. Morrison, a senior with special needs, has been working for 2 years to learn the pledge and was excited to honor Veteran's day. Morrison worked with a teacher, Jan Witt, to learn the pledge. Jan Witt said that Trevor was one of the friendliest students at the high school. Kimzey said, "Trevor leading us in the Pledge will be memorable and inspiring."
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President Trump signs the Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act. These will enable Secretary David Shulkin to fire underperforming Department employees and protect whistleblowers. VA accountability is law that makes sure that our veterans are treated with respect they deserve. It gives the secretary the authority to move federal employees who fail and endanger our veterans and to do so quickly and affectively. Trump says "Those entrusted with this sacred duty of serving our veterans will be held accountable for the care they provide." This bill also protects whistleblowers who do the right thing this wants to reward the many dedicated employees at the VA.
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Hawaii struggles with high rates of homelessness especially with some veterans, but now with a 1 million donation from the MacNaughton Group they can finally house the veterans. Lots of veterans from their experience in war when they come back they struggle a little bit, some even started making bad choices and becoming homeless. This group made the highest single donation in veterans history just so our veterans don't have to live on the streets.
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Thanks to an amazing $1 million gift from The MacNaughton Group, the largest single donation in U.S.VETS history, we will be able to ramp up there efforts to provide housing and services to homeless veterans in Hawaii, which struggles with the highest rates of homelessness in the country.
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Ford Motor companies are giving disable veterans new mobility options. These are to assist veterans that need help getting to doctor appointments. Last year ford transported 700,000 disabled veterans to doctor and hospital visits. The DAV transportation network recruits volunteer drivers who will put new Ford flex utilities into service taking ill and disabled veterans to veteran affairs medical centers across the country.
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Hawaii's U.S. Vets chapter group received a donation of one million dollars from the MacNaughton group. This is the largest donation ever to the chapter. The money will be used for assisting the veterans and there families with housing, counseling, and career support. The donation was aimed towards helping end the large amounts of homeless veterans. The money will also be used to rebuild the recreational area of the U.S Vets barbers point location.
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Military veterans are a prime target for telephone scams and more likely to end up as fraud victims. The AARP survey released that veterans are twice more likely than the public to become victimized. The survey said that 16% of U.S. veterans have lost money to fraudsters.
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Veterans day is a special day for them. Many people offer them meals or free haircuts. Nine restaurants offered free meals or a discounted meal. Also five haircut places offered them free haircuts. Stores like Bed bath and beyond, Dollar General, Home Depot, Target, ect. Also offered them discounts.
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ReplyDeleteA special company that makes smart glasses are coming together and handing out free ones to help disabled veterans get back into their normal lives and maybe even the workforce. This only applies to veterans with low sight capabilities and blindness. The Wounded Warrior Program has received approval to assess individual needs, and where appropriate provide smart glasses hardware and software, training and support. The project is expected to span 4 to 5 years and is targeted to assist 175,000 American veterans and wounded warriors with low vision and blindness.
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Richard Overton, is a World War II veteran who fought the the pacific. He's usually found on his porch in Austin Texas, smoking cigars, and chatting with his long list of friends. Then in 2013 he visited Washington, D.C. and was referred to in the media as the oldest living U.S. veteran. Overton go famous for this as Texas Governor Rick Perry showed up at his door bearing whiskey, president Barack Obama invited him to the White House and the San Antonio Spurs gave him a number 110 jersey (his age at the time) and brought him onto the court for a standing ovation. Overton is currently 111 years old, and he gets calls from people thanking him for his service, also in the mail getting cigars from people.
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Curtis Johnson has been trying to convince the Gulf Coast Veterans Health care staff that he needs a new knee for 14 years. He injured his knee in basic training in 1976. The injury ended his military career. Johnson will pay right out of his pocket next week to get a knee replacement at a different place. Johnson was protesting outside of the Veterans Administration complex in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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Frank Buschmeier, a World War II veteran, received France's highest military honor. He was awarded this morning at Archbishop McNicholas High School during their Veteran's Day ceremony. He was drafted in 1923 the the Army Air Corps. He became a prisoner of war for 9 months before returning home after the war had ended.
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