Ailing vets turn to charities in larger numbers
Brandon Pelletier sits with his dog, Skylar, Feb. 19 at a park near his home in Chula Vista, Calif. Susan Rocco starts authorizing help on a litany of pleas from wounded Iraq and Afghanistan veterans at 7 a.m. in her home north of Quantico, Va. One is a young Marine veteran living in a shelter who needs clothing and electricity turned on so he can…
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On Trauma and Homelessness
I recently attended the Greater Manchester County Royal British Legion conference, where an issue was raised by a member, who highlighted her motivation for having joined the British Legion over twenty years ago. She had been spurred on by her brother’s experience, who having served in the Falklands War in the early 1980’s, returned home to Britain and havi…
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Veteran savagely attacked in Manchester
A veteran ex-serviceman has been assaulted for wearing a Royal Air Force jacket. The victim, who was also wearing a poppy, was walking along Sherwood Street, Fallowfield, on 1 November 2010 at 6pm when he noticed two men standing near to the entrance of the Fallowfield Loop, near to the junction of Wellington Road. One man shouted an offensive remark about …
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