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From Homeless to Hopeful
Here’s a story to make you smile. It began with a request from an employee with Veterans at the Haven, an assistance program of the VA in West Los Angeles. This is what she wrote: “Kevin came to us. He was homeless, unemployed, and needed to stabilize and prepare to return to work. We[...]
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Turning Absence into Star Power
Yesterday five children blew Robin Cron and me away with their star power. Robin, ACV’s mission coordinator, and I drove from Virginia Beach to DC to attend a luncheon and watch a performance of outstanding military children. Ranging in age from 7 to 16, they came from five states to display their talent onstage at the Naval[...]
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Turning the Tides of War
I just watched an extremely moving account on You Tube of Medal of Honor awardee, Hershel “Woody” Williams, who, with a flamethrower, destroyed eight pill boxes at Iwo Jima during a terrifying five-hour ordeal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Stl_YhYXyps On March 10, ACV through its partner American Airlines is flying 12 Iwo Jima veterans to the Pacific islands, including[...]
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‘What Is There to Regret?’
The war came close last week. We learned Kevin Hardin had died. It was a sorrowful day at Air Compassion for Veterans, for the former Army medic and our friend had fought hard to recover from combat wounds following two years of hospitalization at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. We provided many flights for his[...]
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Glimpses of a Last Goodbye
Holly Shelton, founder and organizer of Pearl Harbor Initiative, and Lt Col William (Bill) Phillips, co-organizer, arranged for six veterans from Florida’s Pensacola area to travel to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii to join over 100 other survivors in events commemorating the heroes who lost their lives in the Japanese attack. Air Compassion for Veterans with[...]
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