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Articles in Jan, 2002 issue of VFW Magazine

• Renew your membership today: it is vital that you continue supporting VFW objectives through your membership. And please help recruit another member
  by James N. Goldsmith
• VA plans national veterans museum
• Coca-Cola honors veterans
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Vietnam vets show post-war valor; three Vietnam veterans, among the war's most severely wounded, demonstrate that the `can do' spirit can conquer virtually all physical disabilities
  by Jack Ballard
• Fighting terrorists—it's about time
• Bush proclaims World Freedom Day
• Bill would protect student reservists
  by Tim Dyhouse
• `Eggbeaters make combat debut in Korea; a major military innovation of the Korean War was the use of helicopters—nicknamed "eggbeaters," "whirlybirds" and "airedales." They were used for transport, evacuation, rescue and
  by John L. Davis
• Remembering Russia veterans
  by Eugene P. Carver, II
• Memorial updates: D.C. to Normandy
• Vet status urged for Guardsmen
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Service in your State: a complete list of VFW Department service officers
• Deadly battles of Vietnam
• First fatalities in maritime interceptions
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Rendering relief in terrorism's wake: VFW steps up to the plate. From California to Germany, Posts took immediate action to help victims following the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington
  by Janie Blankenship
• Fulfilling community needs
• Phonies demand exposing
• Green Beret dies of malaria
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Death at the Pentagon: a memorial tribute: the first military casualties in the war on terrorism were sustained well before the campaign in Afghanistan began. On Sept. 11, 55 soldiers and sailors lost their lives in the opening salvo of the war. The list
• Dues increase will `endow VFW's future'
• Telling of the price of freedom
  by Lewis C. Wells
• American remains returned from Korea
  by Tim Dyhouse
• VFW member and K-9 first on scene: Vietnam vet and VFW member Paul Morgan, along with buddy and fellow vet Hal Wilson, used his Vietnam War-dog experience to find the remains of three firefighters at the World Trade Center
  by Shannon Hanson
• VFW Credit Union: excellent service & great loans
• Military as heroes making a comeback
• NATO protects American skies
  by Tim Dyhouse
• From the ashes comes the rebirth of patriotism: the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 have inspired a greater outpouring of patriotism by the American people than have many previous wars. And numerous displays of the American flag symbolize that patriotism. T
  by Walter Berns
• Jest a minute
• White House teams vets with students
• VA oks comp claims for ALS
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Afghanistan foes on the run: with U.S. Marines on the ground and special ops troops fully engaged, the war has entered a new phase
• Reunions & claims
• Libya's act of terror barely punished
• VA continues health care enrollment in 2002
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Special ops pave the way: the war in Afghanistan was ready-made for elite counter-terrorist units. And they have already proved their worth in conducting covert missions against the Taliban and al Qaeda
  by Milton Copulos
• Flag to inspire troops in Afghanistan
• VA vows to eliminate records backlog
  by Tim Dyhouse
• "Black hawk down" brings heroism to silver screen;the movie, based on Mark Bowden's book about the firefight in Somalia in 1993 that killed 18 Delta Force members and Army Rangers, hits theaters this month. Its producer calls it "America's
  by Shannon Hanson