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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), organization created (1899) at Columbus, Ohio, by veterans of the Spanish-American War . It received a charter from Congress in 1936. The organization later admitted veterans who saw action in subsequent wars and U.S. military expeditions. At the close of World War... Read more |
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GI Bill
GI BILL The GI Bill created a comprehensive package of benefits, including financial assistance for higher education, for veterans of U.S. military service. The benefits of the GI Bill are intended to help veterans readjust to civilian life following service to their country and to encourage... Read more |
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Vietnam Veterans Memorial war memorial in Washington, D.C., built 1982. Designed by the American sculptor and architect Maya Ying Lin, it is a sloping, V-shaped, 493-ft (150-m) wall of highly polished black granite that descends 10 feet (3.05 meters) below grade level at its vertex. Often called... Read more |
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Declaration of war
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Falklands War
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Abyssinian War
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total war
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war game
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holy war
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Secretary of War
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Death of Randolph man few knew raises mystery - Detective, veterans try to...
...Air Force veteran who served...status as a veteran, or locate...Department of Veterans Affairs requires...the Korean War, though...colored two-family...office of Veterans' Services...they're a veteran," said ... |
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Columnist, Atlantic editor Kelly first 'embedded' fatality of war.(PAGE ONE)
...while covering the war. An unidentified...vehicle in which the two were riding reportedly...of combat. Mr. Kelly was the first fatality...foreign journalists - two from Britain and...have died. Mr. Kelly was credited with...His parents, ... |
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Stirring account of medals, men of `Valor'.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
...South's doomed war against the industrial...to them as the wars between Athens...hideous waste of war but a tribute...of Confederate Veterans , the oldest organization...soldiers. Forty-two ghosts in gray...enlisting.) Capt. ... |
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THOMAS J. KELLY JR.(CAPITAL REGION)
...VOORHEESVILLE Thomas J. Kelly Jr., 71...was a Marine veteran of World War II and served...1984. Mr. Kelly was a member...Disabled American Veterans Chapter 10 in...Jane Kircher Kelly; a daughter...Fla.; and ... |
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Thomas E. Kelly, at 77, retired Hub firefighter.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Thomas E. Kelly of Longwood, Fla., formerly...Born in Charlestown, Mr. Kelly was raised there and attended...Jean, in Carver for the past two months. Mr. Kelly was a Navy veteran of World War II, serving as an ... |
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The Fenian Problem: Insurgency and Terrorism in a Liberal State,...
...focus on two Fenian leaders, Thomas Kelly and Ricard...Kelly, a veteran of the American Civil War and leader...another, Kelly and a fellow...defendants, Thomas Maguire...stories of ... |
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Gen. Thomas W. Kelly Dies; Gave Briefings On Persian Gulf War
Thomas W. Kelly, 67, a retired...the Persian Gulf War, died of cancer...Gulf War, Gen. Kelly served as director...Storm.Gen. Kelly, who also had...decorated combat veteran of the ... |
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BUDGET HEARINGS ON TAP
...Katheleen Conti EVERETT KELLY TO SPEAK AT VIETNAM EXHIBIT Thomas G. Kelly, state secretary of veterans affairs, will...Vietnam Veterans War Memorial that will...200 Pleasant St. Two public hearings...speaker ... |
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Bush delays ground war to allow more bombing
...of Staff. The two spent the weekend...recommend a ground war, Bush said...Pentagon, Lt. Gen. Thomas Kelly, director of operations...capabilities, Kelly said, "right...re doing." Kelly, a tank warfare ... |
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Thomas P. Kelly
Thomas P. Kelly, 81, of Rosewood...John and Ellen Friel Kelly, he married Anita...preceded in death by two sisters.Surviving are a son,Daniel Kelly of Indianapolis...He was a World War II Navy veteran and a ... |