Tag Archives: Veterans Administration

Weekly Review for Veterans and Oral History for Friday, August 28, 2015

Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week for U.S. Veterans. Enjoy!   History Maker: MHP interviews WWII Veteran Frank Vegnone I had the honor and pleasure this past weekend to conduct an oral history interview of Frank Vegnone, a World War II Veteran from the U.S. Army, 10th Armored Division, 61st Armored Infantry Battalion, Company A. …

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Healing History: VA to compensate service members exposed to Agent Orange

VA begins awarding compensation for C-123 Agent Orange claims Acting swiftly, VA granted first claim in just 16 days In 1997, 10 years after retiring from a 34-year career in the Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve, Edward Kosakoski was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Though his last assignment in the Reserve was as commander of the 74th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron …

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