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  • June 2008

    • Swift Boat Vets Want Their Name Back

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 30, 08 6:06 AM CDT

      Swift Boat Vets Want Their Name Back

      These days, the phrase "Swift boat" has come to mean a vicious political attack of the kind suffered by John Kerry in the 2004 election. While the term has gained such currency that it's now used as a verb, one group is seriously miffed: the Navy veterans who, like Kerry, served on a Swift boat during the Vietnam war. The New York Times reports on the former servicemen looking to reclaim their honor. More »

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      John Kerry  • US Navy  • Vietnam War  • Navy  • Swift Boat Veterans for Truth  • Vietnam veteran  • Swift Boat  • Swift Boating

  • May 2008

    • New Zealand Says Sorry to Vietnam Vets

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 28, 08 3:42 PM CDT

      New Zealand Says Sorry to Vietnam Vets

      The government of New Zealand expressed regret today over its unfair and harsh treatment of Vietnam veterans upon their return, Reuters reports. Prime Minister Helen Clark, who protested the war as a student in the 1970s, made the apology before parliament to the 37 killed and 187 wounded as a result New Zealand's mid-60s involvment with US forces in the conflict. More »

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      Vietnam  • New Zealand  • Vietnam veteran

    • Vietnam Vets in Hog Heaven

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 26, 08 4:18 AM CDT

      Vietnam Vets in Hog Heaven

      Thousands of Harleys roared past Washington's Vietnam Veterans Memorial yesterday in what has become a Memorial Day weekend tradition: the "iron salute" of members of national veterans organization Rolling Thunder.  It's a festival of engines, leather, denim and patriotism, reports the Washington Post . More »

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      George W. Bush  • White House  • Vietnam War  • Vietnam veteran  • Fourth of July  • POW/MIA  • Memorial Day  • Harley Davidson

    • Busy Military Cemeteries Keep Customers Satisfied

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 25, 08 7:39 AM CDT

      Busy Military Cemeteries Keep Customers Satisfied

      With veterans of World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam dying at a record clip, US National Cemeteries are performing more than 100 burials a day—and often use assembly-line tactics to meet demand, AP reports. Despite the use of heavy machinery and the volume—1,800 veterans die each day—the National Cemetery Administration has the highest customer satisfaction score of any government agency or private company, a study has found. More »

    • 'Virtual Iraq' Helps Vets Face Stress

      newser  |  New Yorker  |  May 18, 08 5:14 AM CDT

      'Virtual Iraq' Helps Vets Face Stress

      Therapists are plunging US war veterans back into the horrors of battle—as therapy. A virtual reality treatment is helping them cope with post-traumatic stress disorder by returning them to scarring events until their shock value wanes. "When the ground starts vibrating and you smell smoke and hear the AK-47 firing, it becomes very real," said one veteran. "When it was over, I’d go home and cry.” More »

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      veterans  • PTSD  • Iraq veterans  • Vietnam veteran  • therapy  • virtual reality  • Afghanistan veterans  • cognitive behavioral therapy

  • March 2008
  • January 2008

    • McCain Blasts Mailer Attacking War Record

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jan 16, 08 9:39 AM CST

      McCain Blasts Mailer Attacking War Record

      Citing "deceitful smear tactics" by "fringe elements," John McCain's campaign is on the offensive against a flier circulating in South Carolina attacking his war record—an echo of the attacks that derailed his 2000 candidacy. The flier, sent to some 80 newspaper editors, claims McCain betrayed his fellow POWs to get better treatment while a prisoner in Vietnam, reports the AP. "This is ugly even by South Carolina standards," notes Greg Sargent on Talking Points Memo. More »

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      John McCain  • Mitt Romney  • Michigan  • South Carolina  • veterans  • South Carolina primary  • Vietnam War  • POW  • Vietnam veteran

  • November 2007

    • 25% of US Homeless Are Vets

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Nov 8, 07 3:42 AM CST

      25% of US Homeless Are Vets

      Though they constitute only 11% of the population, veterans make up 25% of homeless people in the US, according to a new study by The Alliance to End Homelessness. The problem is not limited to older vets—former soldiers from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts are increasingly showing up at shelters. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Iraq veterans  • homeless  • Department of Veterans Affairs  • Vietnam veteran

  • July 2007

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