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This is a list of 100 milestone
documents, compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration,
and drawn primarily from its nationwide holdings. The documents
chronicle United States history from 1776 to 1965.
You can't burn
this flag! This will make you proud!
Girls & Boys State Videos
At our General
Membership Meeting on 3 Oct 07 we had one girl and four boys
speak on their experiences at Girls and Boys state. Here
are the videos. Sarah goes to Judson High, the rest of the students go to Wagner High.
Please note that these are very large files and will take a
while to download.
21, of Mission, Texas; assigned
to the 43rd Combat Engineer Company, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort
Hood, Texas; died May 6 in Mosul, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle
encountered small arms fire and a rocket-propelled grenade attack.
Is he really an ex-POW?
Did the serviceman from
my P.O.W. bracelet come home? I have a term
paper due on Vietnam and Korean POWs, can you help? What men from MY state
are missing?
Answers to
these questions and more can be found by leaving e-mail for the P.O.W.
NETWORK. The NETWORK has "word search" capability for more than 20,000
off-line files and more than 3600 Vietnam POW/MIA biographies. Information
is available on POWs from WWII, the Cold War, Korea, Vietnam, the
Gulf, Somalia and Yugoslavia. Your question is researched and answers or
documents returned by e-mail.
The American Legion is the worlds largest veterans organization. The
American Legion supports and assists the present active duty military
personnel along with its commitment to all veterans. The American Legion was
instrumental in the creation of the Veterans Administration and is
universally recognized as the originator of the GI Bill of Rights. The
American Legion is constantly working to maintain the rights and benefits
earned by veterans through service to their country. Legionnaires are also
deeply involved with community activities ranging from hospital services and
blood drives to youth programs such as the Boy Scouts, American Legion
Baseball, scholarships, Junior Shooting Sports and the annual American
Legion Boys State and Boys Nation programs.
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Sunday, 03 August 2008