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Articles in June-July, 2003 issue of VFW Magazine

• Why No VA center on West Coast?
  by Richard Syze
• Truman library offers Vet-speakers
• Soldier and Airman killed in Afghanistan
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Korean War: a reading list
• Visit the Alamo—despite the politically correct: while you are in San Antonio for the national convention, be sure to take in some history. But be aware you are treading on "controversial" ground
  by Janie Blankenship
• An Army of volunteer reserves
  by Joseph V. Potter
• Imminent danger pay raised 50%
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Remains of last Iraq War MIA found
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Telling the rest of the Pork Chop story
• Montgomery GI Bill Hike proposed
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Clue points to lone Gulf War MIA
  by Tim Dyhouse
• VFW, Chamber seek employment for veterans: Operation Transition aims to promote veterans as 'highly skilled workers.'
  by Jamie Blankenship
• Younger members are VFW's future
• POW compensation could increase
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Battling for Baghdad: soldiers and marines take on Iraqis in what Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called "the fastest advance on a capital city in modern military history."
  by Shannon Hanson
• Posts pay tribute to American flag: June 14 is flag day but members remember to practice—and lead by example—patriotism every day of the year
• Kids' safety foremost
  by Richard Coccie
• Disabled Vets offered benefits boost
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Korea and Vietnam: comparing participants and casualties
  by Richard K. Kolb
• Southwest Asia service medal recognizes 1991 Persian Gulf War duty
• Vietnam battle series: send us your accounts
• Spina bifida benefits could expand
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Onslaught on the Berlin Outposts: even as the Korean War was winding down, the Chinese kept up the pressure—by attacking Outposts Berlin and East Berlin in July 1953. But Marines tenaciously resisted to the war's bitter end
  by Al Hemingway
• Use VFW-online to shop, swap on the internet
• History & national security
• Reunions & claims
• VA copayment refunds available
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Last battle for Pork Chop Hill: from July 6-11, 1953, the 17th and 32nd regiments of the 7th Infantry Division waged a deadly struggle against the Chinese
  by Bill McWilliams
• Participate in flags across America
• Higher estimate on Vietnam defoliant use
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Chaos along the Kumsong River Salient: two weeks before the end of the Korean War, Chinese Communist Forces launched a furious six-division assault on the Main Line of Resistance. The weeklong battle established the boundaries of Korea's present-day demil
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Jest a minute
• Honoring veterans: past & present: two groups of vets rate special recognition this month: those now arriving home from Iraq and those who left Korea 50 years ago
  by Raymond C. Sisk
• Archives now accessible to public
• Hospital errors prompt VA study
  by Tim Dyhouse
• The final fights: July 1953: for the Marines it was Boulder City; the Army: Outposts Dale and Westview
  by Richard K. Kolb
• VA category 7 & 8 patients rate more concern
  by Richard F. Cesaroni
• Dole Institute's WWII reunion
• VFW backs blue star resolution
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Last to die: final KIAs of the Korean War: the following American servicemen have the dubious distinction of being the last killed as a result of hostile action in Korea on or near July 27, 1953. They deserve to be remembered on this 50th anniversary of t
  by Richard K. Kolb