WWII veterans
November 30, 2016
11:06 pm
Category: News
mental health
These soldiers at Walter Reed are making masks to reveal the hidden wounds of war. And to heal.
A novel arts therapy program encourages soldiers to paint their emotions on papier-mache masks.
November 30, 2016
7:42 am
WWII veterans
Museums, veterans keep memory of Pearl Harbor alive 75 years after attacks
Major events are planned for this historic anniversary.
November 30, 2016
2:00 am
PTSD
F.D.A. Agrees to New Trials for Ecstasy as Relief for PTSD Patients
C.J. Hardin, a veteran who served three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, at a memorial in North Charleston, S.C. He is a patient in the study of MDMA, also known as Ecstasy, as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
November 29, 2016
2:55 pm
healthcare
Blood Pressure Study: Vietnam Era Veterans
VA researchers found a link between service-related occupational exposure to herbicides and high blood pressure (hypertension) risk among U.S. Army Chemical Corps (ACC) Veterans, a group of Veterans assigned to do chemical operations during the Vietnam War. Researchers also found an association between military service in Vietnam and hypertension risk among these Veterans.
Researchers at VA’s Post Deployment Health Services Epidemiology Program, Office of Patient Care Services, conducted the Army Chemical Corps Vietnam-Era Veterans Health
November 29, 2016
7:22 am
WWII veterans
Newly identified bodies of Pearl Harbor victims returned to families for burial
Edwin Chester Hopkins’ casket was draped with an American flag that had hung above the state Capitol. Boy Scouts saluted as the motorcade weaved around the colonial town square to the cemetery, where a military bugler readied to play taps in the dappled sunlight of a cool autumn day.
It was a grand…
November 29, 2016
3:00 am
Obama’s Sacred Duty: Visiting the Wounded at Walter Reed
Lt. Cmdr. John Terry doing lunges with President Obama at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Commander Terry, who provided the image, said, “I will remember that day until I die.”
November 29, 2016
2:00 am
recreation
Hunting program pairs aides with vets
They arranged for me to hunt with an injured Army veteran. … At that moment, a suicide bomber walked into the mess tent wearing the uniform of … Central Oregon,” “Fishing Mount Hood Country,” “Hunting Oregon” and other titles.
November 29, 2016
12:35 am
Veteran’s daughter grateful for support after Facebook post
A local family is feeling thankful after an inquiry on social media resulted in a deluge of offers for help.
Kimberly Harting of Hermiston said hundreds of people wrote her with kind words and offers of free flags or other help after she asked who she could call to help her father, Larry Hatle of Umatilla, replace the weathered American flag he flies in his yard along with a Marine Corps flag.
Harting said she had noticed
November 28, 2016
3:29 pm
healthcare
Veterans Town Hall To Be Held In North Bend
The Roseburg VA Medical Center has scheduled a Veterans Town Hall in North Bend on Wednesday, November 30th from 5 to 7pm. It will be held at the American Legion Post 34, 1421 Airport Way, North Bend. The Roseburg VAMC invites all veterans, their family members and stakeholders. This will be an open dialogue listening forum that will allow veterans the chance to be heard and have their questions answered. Roseburg VAMC leadership and key
November 28, 2016
8:48 am
Post-9/11 veterans
Cape Cod woman finds bracelet of dead Oregon soldier in sand
PORTLAND — A woman walking on the beach in Cape Cod, Massachusetts found a memorial bracelet in the sand that was engraved with the name of a Portland soldier who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2014.Liz Maloney-Triplett returned the bracelet to John A. Pelham’s family after an internet search turned up his name in a recent story that was published by KATU-TV in Portland to commemorate Veteran’s Day, the station reported.Maloney-Triplett contacted KATU
November 25, 2016
3:16 pm
A Veteran’s “Thank You”
But, out here in Oregon, I was thanked by the DMV when I went to register my car and was encouraged by them to show my veteran’s status on my …
November 25, 2016
9:36 am