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Articles in Jan, 2003 issue of VFW Magazine

• Youths ignorant of geography
• Fight back against health quackery: add a healthy dose of skepticism to those miracle medical claims
  by Norman Brown
• Books of interest to veterans
• Montana Plains replay Vietnam memories: confidence and competence were the sterling characteristics that shone through when four severely disabled Vietnam veterans participated in VFW's annual antelope hunt. This year marked the 20th time VFW has sponsore
  by Jack Ballard
• Battlefield valor unrecognized: does the American public genuinely appreciate heroism in war?
  by Raymond C. Sisk
• Helpline answers burial benefits questions
  by Tim Dyhouse
• First aid under fire: army medics and Navy corpsmen provided life-saving services on Korean battlefields, earning the undying respect of infantrymen
  by Gary Turbak
• Recalling the sacrifices of the Iran mission, 1980
• Court rules against military retirees
  by Tim Dyhouse
• The power of reunions: reunions are emotionally uplifting experiences for everyone involved
  by Cassie Fenoseff
• Identifying deaths in Terrorism War
• Concurrent receipt compromised
  by Tim Dyhouse
• What to expect from your yearly physical examination
  by Cornelio R. Hong
• Engineers in Korean Combat
  by Ed Moffitt
• Military heroism denied: "students rarely mention soldiers as heroes … Even after Sept. 11, many students remain skeptical about the notion of soldiers as heroes," writes author Peter Gibbon in his new book, A Call to Heroism. Much of this
  by Peter Gibbon
• A `Minnesota tradition: VFW enters 48th year as sponsor of youth hockey program
• Public perception of later wars limited
• Horn of Africa to serve as base of operations: small but strategically located Djibouti on the Red Sea is hosting more than 3,000 U.S. troops. They are prepared to strike al Qaeda targets in Yemen or aid a possible war in Iraq
• `Face-to-face' recruiting is the key to signing up active-duty members: a recent recruiting school and several visits to military installations in Germany netted some 200 new members for the Department of Europe
• More on combat coping
• `Flying Minutemen': stand ready to defend homeland: best known for search and rescue, the Civil Air Patrol is poised to play a crucial role in defending the home front
  by Max Macauley
• Great savings for members
• Air Force cadet called "disgrace" by professor
• 10 ways to avoid red tape in VA claims processing: here is the advice you have been waiting for—how to efficiently navigate a VA facility and come out with your claim intact
  by Raymond P. Toczek
• Jest a minute
• Military service unpopular
• Reunions & claims
• Do you suffer high anxiety? research reveals more about how stress affects body and mind. Here is the rundown on causes and therapies
  by Norman Brown