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Arrow VFW Action Corps Weekly - March 1, 2021

VFW Action Corps Weekly 03-01-21
Date Posted: March 1, 2021
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1. VFW Virtual March Legislative Conference:

Beginning March 1, the VFW will hold our annual March Legislative Conference. Our National Legislative Committee members will lead their department delegations along with the VFW-SVA Fellows to present the VFW’s legislative priorities to members of Congress and their staffers. Although the format will be virtual this year, rest assured that the VFW will still make sure that veterans’ voices are heard by our legislators on Capitol Hill. The conference will kick off with a briefing on Monday, March 1 at 1:00 p.m. EST that VFW members can login and watch live. Link on site only.

2. VFW Participates in Event on C&P Exam Delays:

Last Monday, House Veterans’ Affairs Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee Chairwoman Elaine Luria hosted a virtual event on compensation and pension (C&P) exam delays. VA halted C&P exams in April 2020, due to the COVID19 pandemic, and although exams have become available again, veterans report significant delays with the entire disability claims process. "These delays are adding to the ever-growing backlog of disability claims, unnecessarily prolonging veterans from receiving their benefits," said VFW National Legislative Service Associate
Director Kristina Keenan. Link on site only.

3. Major Richard Star Act: This week, Sens. Jon Tester (D-MT), Mike Crapo (R-ID), and Jerry Moran (R-KS) introduced the VFW-supported Major Richard Star Act. Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) along with 58 bipartisan original cosponsors have introduced the House companion bill. The bill would eliminate the unjust offset for Chapter 61 military retirees who suffered injuries in combat. The bill is named in honor of Maj. Richard Star who lost his battle with cancer on February 13, 2021. Maj. Star was a father, husband, and decorated war veteran who was medically retired as a result of his combat-related injuries. - (link on site only).

4. VA Secretary Participates in Caregiver Event: Last Wednesday, the Elizabeth Dole Foundation held a virtual fireside chat with Secretary of VA, Denis McDonough where he introduced the new Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Families, Caregivers, and Survivors, Meg Kabat. The conversation highlighted the VA’s priorities and vision to provide support, services, and resources to veterans, their families, caregivers, and survivors. Watch the video link (on site only).

5. COVID-19 Vaccine Q&A Session:

On March 3, 2021, Rally-Point will host a Veteran Experience Live question and answer session with VA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Department of Health and Human Services experts regarding the COVID-19 vaccine. Questions can be submitted before or during the session and will be answered live between 3-4 p.m. EST. Learn more by going the link on site only.

6. DPAA Releases New Video Series:

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced the release of the first videos in a series covering World War II battles and operations. These first videos highlight and give historical perspective on DPAA’s Hürtgen Forest Project, Enoura Maru Project, and World War II European-Mediterranean Disinterment's. Watch the videos. (On site now only)

7. MIA Update:

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced one new identification for a service member who has been missing and unaccounted-for from World War II. Returning home for burial with full military honors is: Marine Accounted For From World War II (Hancock, J.L.) Release No: 21-021 02-24-21:
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. J.L. Hancock, 21, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Feb. 17, 2021.

In November 1943, Hancock was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands, in an attempt to secure the island. Over several days of intense fighting at Tarawa, approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded, while the Japanese were virtually annihilated. Hancock died on the third day of battle, Nov. 22, 1943. He was reported to have been buried in Row D of the East Division Cemetery, later renamed Cemetery 33.

For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at: www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or https://www.linkedin.com/company/def...ounting-agency.
Hancock’s personnel profile can be viewed at: https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/...0000000XjurEAC.
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Personal note: It seems the Action Corps Weekly changed their prior Action Corps Weekly format. What I may do is just indicate that Action Corps Weekly & Date it was posted then
give you the link to view the post since it has more data and direct links to more information in the future.
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