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Coming home
Coming home
(EXCERPT) , By DONNA GEHRKE-WHITE After five months, Lt. Col. T.J. Farrell was coming home after overseeing a POW camp in Iraq as commander of Fort Lauderdale's Army reserve unit. As he stepped onto U.S. soil, however, he learned he had a final assignment -- a rigorous medical checkup, including filling out a five-page questionnaire on where he had served in Iraq and what ailments he'd suffered. ''If you have any health concerns,'' Farrell said, ``they will find them.'' With 100,000 troops returning to the States over the next few weeks -- the most since World War II -- Uncle Sam is trying to make right what previous veterans said the government did wrong, namely glossing over medical problems and ignoring the strains of returning to civilian life. ''You would be in Vietnam one day and you'd be on a plane and be back home within 24 to 48 hours,'' said Dr. John Vara, chief of staff at the Miami VA Medical Center. This time, VA medical centers are setting up special teams around the nation to handle returning troops -- they're entitled to two years' free care -- and sponsoring programs to help the vets re-enter civilian... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today, 17 Feb 2004, at the following URL. (COMBINE the following lines into your web browser.) The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald...th/7964385.htm --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com |
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