veterans

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/31/2021
  

  A Black WWII Veteran Was Beaten and Blinded, Fueling Civil Rights Movement

  A new documentary examines the attack on Isaac Woodward in 1946, which catalyzed demands for full citizenship and civil rights. 

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• 3/14/2021
  

  Recommitting America to Historical Principles of Obligation to Veterans

  by T. Nelson Collier

  Policy that frames benefits to veterans as gratuities ignores a historical tradition of social responsibility for veteran care as an integral aspect of the common defense.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/2/2021
  

  Man Travels to Virginia in Quest to Interview WWII Veterans

  A young Californian has traveled across the world after founding a nonprofit agency to collect and preserve the stories of surviving World War II veterans. 

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• 12/6/2020
  

  Recognizing an Unrecognized Chinese American WWII Veteran

  by A.J. Wong

  In December, Congress honored all Chinese American World War II veterans with the Congressional Gold Medal, and some of their families will be eligible to receive a replica medal in their names. Hoy You Lim (林開祐) was killed in action in France in 1944. None of his survivors could complete the paperwork to receive his medal. The granddaughter of another Chinese American veteran wants to recognize his service. 

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• SOURCE: WBUR
  11/11/2020
  

  New Memoir Tells Tale Of 1967 Beer Run To Vietnam

  John "Chick" Donohue was in a bar in Inwood in upper Manhattan in 1967 when the bartender suggested the neighborhood's contingent of troops in Vietnam would appreciate a beer. He made the delivery. His new book explains how. 

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• 9/20/2020
  

  Breaking Lincoln's Promise

  by Shannon Bontrager

  Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address demanded that Americans keep the memory of both the Union dead and their cause alive and "hot." The cooling of that memory has enabled backlashes against justice through history, and today. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  9/3/2020
  

  Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’

  Sources close to Donald Trump cite multiple instances where the self-sacrifice of military personnel appeared incomprehensible to the President, who, those sources say, has expressed contempt for the military dead. 

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• SOURCE: History.com
  8/5/2020
  

  Black Americans Who Served in WWII Faced Segregation and Second-Class Roles

  “The experience was very dispiriting for a lot of Black soldiers,” says Matthew Delmont, a history professor at Dartmouth College and author of "Black Quotidian: Everyday History in African American Newspapers."

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  7/30/2020
  

  Returning From War, Returning to Racism

  Historians and scholars including Ira Katznelson, Jeffrey Sammons, Edward Humes, Richard Rothstein, David H. Onkst, and Charissa Threat describe the difficulties faced by Black veterans of World War II returning to a racist society. 

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  7/12/2020
  

  Veterans Go to Washington--So What?

  by Nan Levinson

  Speculation about the effects of electing veterans to national office is seldom historically informed. Although it's assumed military experience and leadership would shape a legislator's vote, today's partisanship is probably the biggest influence. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  5/25/2020
  

  They Survived the Worst Battles of World War II. And Died of the Virus.

  The virus has spread in more than 40 veterans’ homes in more than 20 states, leading to the deaths of at least 300 people.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  5/24/2020
  

  June Willenz, Champion of Women in the Military, Dies at 95

  She didn’t serve in the military herself. But she saw the armed services denying equal benefits to female veterans, and she crusaded to make a difference.

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• 2/16/20
  

  “Patriotic” Veterans Only, Please

  by Gregory A. Daddis

  While perhaps an indication of our current toxic political environment, the attacks on “unpatriotic” veterans like U.S. Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman actually have a long and checkered history in post-World War II America.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  1/17/20
  

  Can Historical Analysis Help Reduce Military Deaths By Suicide?

  by Jeffrey Smith, Michael Doidge, Ryan Hanoa, and B. Christopher Frueh

  A longer look reveals interesting patterns and may clarify what is driving a rise in suicides.

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• SOURCE: History Channel
  June 24, 2019
  

  How the GI Bill's Promise Was Denied to a Million Black WWII Veterans

  by Erin Blakemore

  The sweeping bill promised prosperity to veterans. So why didn’t black Americans benefit?

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/6/19
  

  Trump and world leaders remember D-Day

  Dozens of American veterans of D-Day were among other veterans and their families on a stage erected within the semicircular stone memorial at the Normandy American Cemetery.

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  5/23/2019
  

  The “Forever Wars” Enshrined

  by Andrew J. Bacevich

  The memorial to American soldiers who were sent into the wars in the Middle East and died is essentially hidden away in a small Midwestern town, which tells you what you need to know about the value Americans actually place on those wars.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  5/27/2019
  

  Female Veterans, and a Memorial to Them, Struggle to Honor Women Who Served

  Contributions to the memorial have flagged, and federal money has become stretched across an expanding landscape of tributes.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/4/19
  

  These women were denied veteran status for decades. Congress can’t overlook them again.

  by Elizabeth Cobbs

  Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) now propose to honor the women of the Signal Corps with the Congressional Gold Medal. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/29/19
  

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

  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled overwhelmingly for these sailors, finding they are eligible for the same disability benefits as those who put boots on the ground or patrolled Vietnam’s inland rivers.