Maine Veterans Wonder
There are four bills in Congress that are of great interest to veterans.In the Senate, Senator Snowe, with 4 cosponsors has introduced a billS. 2743 The Cold War Medal Act 2009Please contact Senator Collins on her website, or phone, or faxAsk her to become a cosponsor, and vote for rapid passage of S.2413 The Cold War Medal Act 2009In the House there are three bills to be considered. Please contact your RepresentativeCongressman Michaud Or Congresswoman P

Helping Veterans with PTSD
From West Roxbury Masshttp://www.wickedlocal.com/west-roxbury/news/x1792908722/Helping-our-veterans-with-post-traumatic-stress-disorderWest Roxbury -From the Civil War to the Vietnam War, it has been called nostalgia, shell shock, soldier’s heart and battle fatigue, but today the diagnosis sounds far more clinical: post-traumatic stress disorder.On Nov. 20, the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology partnered with the Massachusetts Department of Veterans’ Services and held an eight-hour conference on educating and caring for the mental health needs of veterans and their families.More than 100 mental health-care providers and

Another loss of life incident in the Cold War
I received this information from Wendell PruittOn January 11, 1985 as Member of the 56th Field Artillery G-3 Training Staff I was sent to Camp Redleg, Heilbronn, Germany when an accident was reported involving C Battery, 3rd Battalion, 84th Field Artillery. Three soldiers were killed in an explosion. The explosion occurred while removing a missile stage from the storage container during an assembly operation of a Pershing II Missile. An investigation later revealed that the Kevlar rocket bottle had accumulated a triboelectric charge in the cold dry weather; as the engine was removed from the container the electrical charge began to flow and created a hot spot t

Mesothelioma Cancer
Anyone who was exposed to Asbestos at anytime is subject to this disease.Most ships built before about 1975 contained large amounts of asbestos. Just normalduties exposed you, but if you were aboard during shipyard periods then it was even worse.This might be of interest to anyone exposed to asbestosMy name is Carl Jewett and I’m the Veteran Liaison for the Mesothelioma Center (Asbestos.com); an organization devoted to assisting veterans through their application processes for VA benefits, and helping them obtain the maximum benefits for which they are entitled. I’m also the Executive Director of the Veterans Assistance Network, and a retired Li

A Young German Citizen Thanks the US
A seventeen year old exchange student from Germany, attending school in Upland, California thanks America for winning the Cold War.Although he is too young to remember the Cold War, and the Berlin Wall, this youngman living with an American family while attending Upland High School made a specialstop.He walked down the street to visit Dr. Robert Kamansky, Capt. US Army (ret) to say"Thank you" to America for helping to bring an end to the Cold War. He felt thereunification of Germany was the most important happening at the turn of the century.He wishes to pass on thanks to all Americans in general, and the veterans of the Cold War i