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Articles in Feb, 2004 issue of VFW Magazine

• 11,000 medical evacuations from Iraq
• The Purple Heart: separating fact from fiction: here is everything you ever wanted to know about America's wound medal
  by Fred Borch
• Black listed cancer treatment could save your life
• Law eased for military citizenship
• Sports spark recovery process
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Reunions & claims
• Citizen-soldiers count on VFW: troops of the National Guard and Reserve rely on us to support them in the field and back them and their families after returning home
  by Edward S. Banas, Sr
• Reservists losing jobs while on active duty
• Military service and Social Security: here is the latest on Social Security benefits of special interest to veterans
• GI is 2003 Person of the Year
• Defeating depression: decide whether you have the "blues" or clinical depression, and use some time-tested methods to treat the symptoms
• VA studying gulf vets health
• Season still open on Vietnam vets
• Benefits get cost-of-living boost
• France prepares for D-Day anniversary: veterans returning to Normandy for the 60th anniversary will encounter a host of celebrations in various cities
  by Janie Blankenship
• Political correctness and WWII
• Restructuring facilities will enhance veterans health care: in a shift from inpatient to outpatient care, VA proposes closing seven hospitals and smaller facilities at estimated savings of $400 million a year
  by Janie Blankenship
• Gaming proceeds aid community: a West Virginia town strikes it rich thanks to a VFW Post
• Soldiers' legal rights strengthened
• 'Black ops' shine in Iraq War: the scope of U.S. special operations in the Iraq War was the largest in American military history. The precedent-setting use of Army Green Berets and Rangers, Navy SEALs and Air Force commandos heralded the future of U.S. wa
  by Tim Dyhouse
• VFW members continue to give: in towns across the nation, VFW Posts can be found working for the betterment of their communities
• Disabled vets benefits expanded
• Iraq — a final salute: VFW magazine presents this memorial listing in tribute to the 74 Americans killed between Nov. 14 and Dec. 26 in Iraq
• Members sound off for a better VFW: from recruiting to running Post meetings, members offer ideas for improving VFW. Here is a sampling of some of their suggestions
• Member benefits
• Forget the weekend, they are full-fledged … warriors: in this modern age of warfare, members of the National Guard and Reserve are no longer "weekend warriors," they have become front-line combatants on the ground in Iraq
  by Susan Katz Keating
• Sandfly bites infect hundreds of troops
• Iran again linked to Khobar Towers blast
• Caring for troops tops VFW's concerns: with care packages, phone cards and welcome home events, VFW members demonstrate patriotism at its finest
  by Janie Blankenship
• Jest a minute