It was during his first deployment in Iraq that Marine Cpl. David Tracy, 23, of Peekskill earned his Purple Heart.
"I was up top behind the gun when we stopped at a checkpoint and a roadside bomb exploded on the other side of the barrier," said Tracy, an infantryman who served as a machine gunner in Baghdad and Fallujah.
Shrapnel nearly blew off Tracy's right earlobe.
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Revamp the VA
Under cheney/bush/gop, With Two Theaters of Occupations, Incompentence Reigned
The men and women who have fought for our country as members of our armed forces ask relatively little of their country after they complete their service.
In many cases, a simple thank you and appreciation for their sacrifice is enough. But they do ask - and deserve - at least one other thing as they return to the private sector. They would like for the promises made to them by the government to be kept.
That clearly hasn't been the case. A recent report by the Veterans Affairs Department documents case after case in which mail and other important papers for health claims remained unopened, mishandled or manipulated in some way. One effect is that veterans have been delayed or denied care. Another effect is that the department that is supposed to care for and assist our nation's heroes has suffered yet another blow to its credibility.
It's simplistic to say, but nonetheless true, that it simply shouldn't be this way.
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Pelosi's job program aids wounded vets
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is planning to announce Monday the hiring of nine wounded or disabled veterans into House staff positions as part of the “Wounded Warrior” program.
The program is intended to help wounded veterans, including those who have lost arms and legs in the conflict, make the sometimes difficult transition back to civilian life.
Pelosi launched the $5 million venture through the office of the Chief Administrative Officer in 2007 as a way to also give members and staff on both sides of the divisive Iraq war debate a symbol of the cost and sacrifice of war.
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