VFW Magazine articles from January 2001

VFW Magazine archives from January 2001

Persian Gulf vets: top priority: on this 10th anniversary of Operation Desert Storm, we should all take time to remember their service and sacrifice. (Committed To Their Causes).
January 1, 2001... It's been 10 years since the coalition offensive was launched against Saddam Hussein's occupying troops in Kuwait. In a precision air and swift ground campaign, they were driven back into Iraq. The world breathed a sigh of relief when a...

Interesting and valued publication. (mail call).(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2001... As a former journalist, editbr and teacher of journalism at the college level (this qualifies me to judge journalism), I want you to know that the magazine brought every reader something of interest with the November issue. It contained...

`Academically delightful'. (mail call).(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2001... "Before They Were Presidents" and "New Leaders Emerge from the War of 1812" (November) were academically delightful. Will this be a continuing series on well-known veterans of all wars? My compliments for history well presented. Stephen...

Colombia is a no-win situation? (mail call).(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2001... "Communism, Cocaine and Colombia" (November) by Al Hemingway was an excellent, informative article. But there is an unmentioned danger for U.S. advisers there. If Washington micro-manages the anti-drug campaign as it did operations in Vietnam,...

Sacrifice at Kunu-ri. (mail call).(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2001... "Gauntlet of Death at Kunu-ri" (November) by Al Hemingway revived memories. I fought in that battle and my brother, Charles, was seriously wounded there. Another young man from my small hometown of Cavour, S.D., was killed in action at Kunu-ri....

Unsan: the rest of the story. (mail call).(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2001... "Unsan Unhinged" (November) calls for correction. At Unsan, Col. Marcel Crombez commanded the 5th Cav Regiment John Millikin was a lieutenant colonel and Elmer Miller was a master sergeant. The Chinese stopped the 5th Cav relief column dead...

VFW outraged over military ballots. (Now hear this: brief news items interest to veterans and their families.).(Veterans of Foreign Wars)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... In response to the Democratic Party's attempts to void absentee overseas military ballots in Florida, the VFW issued the following statement: "It is patently insincere to seek to allow marginal domestic ballots and reject those of our men...

Remembering Gulf War dead. (Now hear this: brief news items interest to veterans and their families.).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... On Feb. 25 at noon in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, a memorial service for the Americans killed in the Persian Gulf will be held. Sponsored by No Greater Love, an organization founded in 1971 to honor the nation's military dead and...

Patriotism miniscule motive for joining military. (Now hear this: brief news items interest to veterans and their families.).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Only 12% of males (and 9% of females) would join the armed forces out of a sense of duty, to country, reports the November 2000 issue of American Demographics. A 1999 Pentagon study surveyed 16- to 21-year-olds. Economics (funds for college,...

Fewer veterans in Congress. (Now hear this: brief news items interest to veterans and their families.).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The 2000 elections produced only a handful of new war vets in the House and Senate. One of the three Senate freshmen with military service served in Vietnam. Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.) served a tour as a naval flight officer there. In the...

Clinton an `icon' in Vietnam. (Now hear this: brief news items interest to veterans and their families.).
January 1, 2001... "To the aging old-guard Communist leadership, Clinton's visit represents a kind of final triumph--an acceptance by Washington of Vietnam's war-won unification and independence," wrote staffer David Lamb in the L.A. Times. Deemed "kind of a...

20,000 GIs in Persian Gulf region. (Security).
January 1, 2001... Ten years after the Persian Gulf War, the U.S. military presence in the Middle East is as strong as ever. From Turkey in the north to Saudi Arabia in the south, and from the Red Sea in the west to Kuwait in the east, some 20,000 U.S. airmen,...

Cole bombers linked to bin Laden. (Security).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Investigations into the bombing of the USS Cole have revealed that it was probably carried out by Yemenis with ties to the FBI's most wanted terrorist: Osama bin Laden. As of Dec. 1, Yemeni investigators said two suspects would most likely...

Brain cell loss may explain Gulf illness. (Service).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... A Dallas-based research team announced in November that it may have found additional evidence that ailments suffered by Persian Gulf War veterans could be linked to loss of brain cells. The researchers say it's possible the brain cell loss may...

Kansas study ties Gulf illness to time, location. (Service).(Persian Gulf syndrome)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Results of a study released in November show that Gulf vets who served longer and in certain areas of the Persian Gulf region suffer more ailments than those who did not deploy during the war. Not only were front-line troops more susceptible,...

Korea DMZ vets get Agent Orange exams. (Service).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... GIs who served in Korea's DMZ in 1968 and 1969 when Agent Orange was sprayed by the South Korean army can receive free VA medical examinations to test for exposure. Once a veteran is listed on the Agent Orange Registry, his health...

$6.2 million granted for vets employment. (Employment).(Department of Labor's Veterans Employment and Training Service grants)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The Department of Labor's Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS) has awarded 10 states more than $6.2 million in grants to help veterans get jobs. The 10 states are: Alabama, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland,...

Who really won the war?(Persian Gulf War)
January 1, 2001... During the Persian Gulf War, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found 87% of Americans wanted Iraq's offensive military capability completely destroyed. Some 73% wanted Saddam Hussein captured or killed. After the cease-fire officially...

A GI's combat chronology, 1991: in January and February 1991, U.S. troops led the campaign known as Operation Desert Storm to drive Iraq from occupied Kuwait. Here are some of the highlights of fighting involving American forces. (America's War in the Persian Gulf).
January 1, 2001... Above: Ken Kozakiewicz, of the 24th Infantry Division, reacts after learning of the death of a fellow tank crewman (in the bodybag at right). Michael Santaraks is bandaged. A mortar round struck their tank during battle in the Euphrates Valley,...

Persian Gulf War casualties: an accounting. (Cover Story).
January 1, 2001... In Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery stands a London plane, a majestic hybrid tree. At its base is a commemorative black granite stone dedicated on Feb. 28, 1992. The marble marker is inscribed with these words: "To the brave hearts who...

KIA or MIA? Gulf War pilot's fate still a mystery.(Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael Scott Speicher)
January 1, 2001... The first american listed as lost in action in the Persian Gulf War remains the last to be accounted for. Now, 10 years later, some believe he may never have died in the first place. A Senate committee is investigating. Is it possible the...

Syndrome of suffering: some Gulf veterans still feel the pain; a decade has passed but causes of and cures for the cluster of mysterious ailments plaguing thousands of vets remain elusive.
January 1, 2001... Most Persian Gulf War battles ended a decade ago with the "mother of all victories," but one conflict from that war continues today. It still claims casualties, still destroys families, still cuts down men and women in the prime of their lives....

Hunting Montana's back country: war wounds don't slow these vets: four severely wounded Vietnam veterans demonstrate qualities for surviving the battlefield and succeeding in life. They were part of the VFW and Doonan Gulch Outfitters-sponsored annual antelope hunt for disabled Vietnam vets in "Big Sky Country."
January 1, 2001... At their August peak last summer, the wildfires that ravaged the West captivated the attention, of the nation. While suburbanites eyed the inferno on television with a voyeurish fascination, Russ Greenwood, owner of Doonan Gulch Outfitters of...

Twin tunnels turns the tide: near the village of Sinchon on Feb. 1, 1951, the 23rd Infantry Regiment of the famed "Indianhead" Division stopped a Chinese divisional assault in its tracks, reversing a string of setbacks. (Korean War).
January 1, 2001... By the end of January 1951, reports began filtering into Eighth Army intelligence that elements of the 124th, 125th and 126th Chinese divisions had occupied the small village of Chipyong, a railway hub that ran to Seoul and was considered the...

Mexican war: fought by few. (Famous War Veterans).
January 1, 2001... The war against Mexico (1846-48) was fought by only 130,000 Americans--regulars and volunteers. So their influence on society was relatively limited nationally. Yet some still left permanent marks on America's political and social landscape....

Reflections on 1991: VFW supports Persian Gulf troops. (VFW in action: VFW members and Posts demonstrating community service).(Veterans of Foreign Wars)
January 1, 2001... When American troops hit the front lines in the Persian Gulf, VFW responded immediately. From efforts at National Headquarters to activists at the grassroots level, GIs serving in the region received much-deserved support from home. When...

`VFW must rock the boat' say young members. (membership).(Veterans of Foreign Wars)
January 1, 2001... VFW's new assistant director of Membership says the active-duty troops he's recruited into the organization agree on one thing: VFW needs to rake strong, perhaps even controversial, stands on issues pertaining to military life. Of any...

Past Commander-in-Chief Kimery dies. (taps).(Veterans of Foreign Wars; James L. Kimery)(Obituary)
January 1, 2001... VFW National Headquarters was saddened by the death of past Commander-in-Chief (1990-91) James L. Kimery, 72, on Nov. 21, 2000, at Covenant Medical Hospital in Lubbock, Texas. Funeral services were held Nov. 25 at Franklin-Bartley Funeral...

Jest a minute.(jokes)
January 1, 2001... * I was asked what is the chemical symbol for water inside a fire hydrant. I said, "H2O." Then I was asked what is the chemical symbol for water outside a fire hydrant. I said, "K9P." Jim Tolnay, Corvallis, Ore. * Proud of Daddy: Three...

Reunions & claims.(Veterans of Foreign Wars)
January 1, 2001... REUNION COORDINATORS: To publicize your unit's reunion, fill out the form on the back of this page or print out a form from VFW's website: http://www.vfw.org/magazine/51.shtml. Send to VFW Magazine, 406 W. 34th St., Suite 523, Kansas City, MO...