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Want a great opportunity to get outside and see the beauty of the Northwest from an open jeep? Don Udell, former Navy veteran and member of Wheeling with Warriors is taking anyone interested and their families on a one-day ride through the mountains and forest of the Elbe Hills off-road
Veterans
After walking into the Veterans Memorial Museum and seeing just a few of the displays and a story each one tells, you know this project has a special anointing on it. It is more than another museum of war memorabilia; it is a biography book of men and woman, who
Veterans
Organizations with patriotic names are all over the Puget Sound region. Some promise to make veterans or their widows eligible for Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) benefits of pension or aid and attendance. These advocates, as they refer to themselves, do so by repositioning a veteran's or a widow's assets,
Veterans
Superior Court Judge Thomas P. Larken doesn't preside over a court where lawyers attempt to prosecute those charged with felony drug issues or protect the accused. Instead, he manages the Veterans Drug Court, a sophisticated program that focuses on rehabilitation. This specialized court is a cooperative effort that works not only
Veterans
The Pierce County Sheriff's Chaplain is much more than a spiritual person ministering to the sheriff's deputies who work in the communities around Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Rick Bulman, a former combat Marine who served in Vietnam, now serves the residents of Pierce County in a variety of capacities. He is
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It is not the fact that Tony Ton is recently nationalized and living in Seattle that makes him significant. Nor is it that he once served in the South Vietnamese Air Force, survived three years in a communist reeducation camp, and navigated a boat with his wife and two sons to
Veterans
In AARP Magazine's Oct. 2010 issue, author Sid Kirchheimer discusses how groups of financial planners with patriotic-sounding names promise elderly veterans or their widows 100 percent success with claims for little-known Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) benefits. In the article, entitled "Taking Aim at Old Soldiers," Kirchheimer describes how these
