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Articles in Sept, 2002 issue of VFW Magazine

• Vietnam memorial to celebrate 20th anniversary
• VA says `no' to new patients
• Prisoners of terror: Americans held captive in Tripoli, Tehran and Baghdad: on three major occasions—1803, 1979 and 1991—uniformed Americans were taken hostage by Muslim regimes. How does their captivity compare to that of al Qaeda terrorists be
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Vietnam POW—Medal of Honor
• VA ups extended care copayments
• Showdown on Triangle Hill: twelve days of intense combat in October 1952 cost the U.S. 7th Infantry Division 365 KIA for a piece of turf that ultimately remained in enemy hands
  by Richard Ecker
• Participate in a Sept. 11 tribute
• Reservists could be buried in Arlington
• Boosting troop morale, VFW style: at all levels, VFW members are packaging up goodies and hosting welcome-home parties for the brave Americans fighting the war on terrorism
  by Janie Blankenship
• Preserving VA's architecture
• Reservists' retirement age could be lowered
• Delivering benefits at discharge: now at four major locations, VFW's Benefits Delivery at Discharge program is smoothing the transition from active-duty military to civilian life
  by Janie Blankenship
• Ex-POWs have special benefits
• Web site links vets to services
• Remembering the nation's POWs/MIAs; one Michigan Post memorializes a Vietnam veteran 32 years after he's missing
• MIA search team in China
• Georgia college offers job training
• VFW Post-Sept. 11 aid generous
• Vietnam MIAs identified now 734
• Radical Islamist war on Americans
• Ohio Post recruits VFW's first Afghanistan veteran: his fellow soldiers who have clashed with the enemy in Afghanistan are eagerly joining VFW, too
• Korean War MIA searches continue
• Unknown no longer: DNA is the crucial key to identifying the remains of American MIAs from past wars. And the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory is using that key to unlock the mystery of their fates
  by Gary Turbak
• Jest A Minute
• Reunions & claims
• GIs immune from world court
• Task force Russia still hard at work: for 10 years, the U.S.-Russia Commission has plumbed the former Soviet Union for clues to the fate of American MIAs from four wars. Here is the 10th anniversary progress report
  by Ralph Wetterhahn
• Military firefighters in war & peace
• Task force says VA is underfunded
• The Missing Man salute: retired military aviators perform symbolic flyovers as final tributes to veterans and their families
  by Michael W. Michelsen, Jr.