How Vietnam veterans built the first Vet Centers
If you have ever sat in a Vet Center, you were sitting in something that exists because a previous generation of veterans refused to stop asking for it.
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Why the GI Bill changed for Korean War veterans
The 1944 GI Bill is one of the most consequential pieces of American domestic legislation of the twentieth century. The version Korean War veterans got was noticeably less…
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How the early burn pits in Iraq affected veteran health
Every base I was on had one. A hole in the ground, sometimes the size of a football field, burning everything the base produced, with jet fuel used as an accelerant.
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The silent homecoming of the veterans of Operation Just Cause
Ask most Americans to name the military operations of the last forty years and you will get Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan. Panama, December 1989, usually does not come up at…
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What the first female combat pilots faced after the Gulf War
The combat exclusion for women flying aircraft came down in 1993. The Gulf War in 1991 is a large part of why.
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Why rural veterans struggle to access VA medical care
A quarter or so of veterans enrolled in VA health care live in rural areas, and the system was not built around them. It was built around cities with medical centres in them.
