Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with wwii www.salem-news.com 2010 This year's "Ride for Freedom" demonstration in Washington D.C, Sunday, May 27, 2012, marks Rolling Thunder's 25th Anniversary. The purpose of this demonstration is to bring awareness to the government so full accountability can be achieved for all Prisoners of War (POW) and those Missing in Action (MIA) from all wars. http://salem-news.com/articles/may212012/rolling-thunder-cat.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may212012/rolling-thunder-cat.php Mon, 21 May 2012 05:08:00 PDT Few things are more "American" than the roar of hundreds of thousands of bikers from all over the nation riding through Washington D.C. to the sound of cheering, flag waving supporters of our POW/MIA's and veterans. They honor more than 58,000 who gave their lives in the Vietnam War and the countless number left behind. http://salem-news.com/articles/may212012/rolling-thunder-1-cat.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may212012/rolling-thunder-1-cat.php Mon, 21 May 2012 05:05:00 PDT An en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued its decision in our case brought on behalf of veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In its decision, the Ninth Circuit held that a federal statute closes the courthouse door to constitutional claims by veterans. http://salem-news.com/articles/may102012/vuft-newsletter.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may102012/vuft-newsletter.php Thu, 10 May 2012 16:01:00 PDT An incredible story about a recovered World War Two Veteran was published by The Oregonian Tuesday. Mike Francis wrote about the recovery of the remains and final return home, for a handsome 23-year old soldier with the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne, named Gerald 'Mike' Knight. http://salem-news.com/articles/may022012/wwii-vet-returned.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may022012/wwii-vet-returned.php Wed, 02 May 2012 18:01:00 PDT “The Deadly Connection: Endless War and Economic Crisis” is the subject of Bruce Gagnon's six-city tour of Washington State. Gagnon is the Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, and long-time member of Veterans For Peace. http://salem-news.com/articles/april242012/gagnon-speech-le.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april242012/gagnon-speech-le.php Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:01:00 PDT Phil Leveque, who fought in the 89th Infantry Division (some members shown to the right), wrote, We were driven by the belief that we had to defeat an obscene enemy to get to go home. It was General Ridgeway of the Paratroopers said with conviction... "The best military weapon is the American Infantryman." http://salem-news.com/articles/april232012/price-war-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april232012/price-war-pl.php Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:39:00 PDT Oregon is one of the 16 states which has legal medical marijuana but not for PTSD. This puts a terribly physiologic burden on the group which has the most victims who also have the worst, most severe symptoms with high suicide rates and maybe as many as 300,000 homeless... http://salem-news.com/articles/april202012/ptsd-doctor-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april202012/ptsd-doctor-pl.php Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:46:00 PDT In 1945, Barney Bain was discharged from the U.S. Army Air Corps, at 23 one of the youngest Lt Colonels in history, with 50 missions in B-17's, a brace of English girl friends and a DFC. He also had a soupcon of post-traumatic stress disorder, which hadn't yet been discovered by Army medics or anybody else. http://salem-news.com/articles/april202012/barney-bain-ba.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april202012/barney-bain-ba.php Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:12:00 PDT Did you know that 10 to 18% of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans may have post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD? Do you know the signs and symptoms and where to turn for help? A team leader at the Salem Oregon Veterans Health Administration, will speak on these issues and answer questions at an informative lecture on our returning veterans and post-traumatic stress disorder on Thursday, in Stayton. http://salem-news.com/articles/april172012/ptsd-stayton.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april172012/ptsd-stayton.php Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:20:00 PDT One of the most vivid memories I have of my service in the U.S. Senate was of an early Democratic caucus. It was in January of 1973, not long after President Richard Nixon and his secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, had ordered the carpet bombing of Hanoi in an effort to strong arm the Vietnamese into surrendering. http://salem-news.com/articles/april132012/no-me-war-ja.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april132012/no-me-war-ja.php Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:24:00 PDT There is very much widespread ignorance about what PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) is all about. There has been a litany of "homesickness", "miss their mothers", "miss their girlfriends". PTSD is the fear of death while it is erupting all around a soldier. http://salem-news.com/articles/april132012/infantry-death-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april132012/infantry-death-pl.php Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:34:00 PDT Seventy years ago, almost 13,000 people of Japanese-ancestry, many of whom were American citizens, were removed from their homes and sent to a desolate “incarceration camp" near Twin Falls, Idaho. This summer, the 10th pilgrimage will take place with former internees, their families, and friends - from Seattle, Portland and across the nation - to the former Minidoka Camp in Idaho. http://salem-news.com/articles/april092012/minidoka-pilgrimage.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april092012/minidoka-pilgrimage.php Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:02:00 PDT Oregon State University will observe Holocaust Memorial Week April 16-20 with a series of events. These include an exhibit of letters from Holocaust survivor Sala Garncarz, a theatrical performance highlighting Garncarz’s struggles in a concentration camp, a talk about the genocide of native peoples and a concert by an acclaimed flutist. http://salem-news.com/articles/april092012/holocaust-observed.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april092012/holocaust-observed.php Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:38:00 PDT Veterans who are in need of Veterans Affairs (VA) for health care and due process of disability claims, it is our Government’s obligation to take responsibility and be sympathetic to those in need, The American people need to query their members of Congress and Senate. Why won’t they help our veterans in need? We Vietnam veterans who are sick need the help of our Congress and Senate. Please do what is right. http://salem-news.com/articles/april032012/ao-news.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april032012/ao-news.php Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:28:00 PDT Those of us who objected to the western led bombing campaigns in Tripoli, are not surprised that the reward for displacing a solid national leader, is trashing the graves of WWII British soldiers. It's what happens when nations shift alliances as frequently as they change their underwear. http://salem-news.com/articles/march312012/bengazhi-graves.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march312012/bengazhi-graves.php Sat, 31 Mar 2012 02:30:00 PDT International peace activist and organizer Bruce Gagnon comes to Washington State April 24 to April 30, 2012 to engage local communities around the theme “The Deadly Connection: Endless War and Economic Crisis.” Gagnon is the Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, and long-time member of Veterans For Peace. http://salem-news.com/articles/march262012/bruce-gagnon-le.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march262012/bruce-gagnon-le.php Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:44:00 PDT My recent story, COMBAT PRIVATE, THE MOST IMPORANT MAN ON THE BATTLEFIELD, mentioned that I had captured 26 Nazi Officers brought two interesting comments. The first one asked, “What sort of medal were you awarded? Bronze Star? Silver Star? http://salem-news.com/articles/march222012/nazi-officers.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march222012/nazi-officers.php Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:44:00 PDT Today’s cold-blooded murder of at least 16 Afghani civilians by a U.S. Army soldier is the latest in a decade-long history of atrocities carried out by the NATO occupiers. It will be remembered as the tipping point in a criminal war that grows more criminal with each passing month. http://salem-news.com/articles/march122012/answer-statement.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march122012/answer-statement.php Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:07:00 PDT Roy Moore fought the Germans throughout France in an effort to liberate them from the grasp of the Nazis. About 200 friends, family members and guests recently gathered to watch as now retired Col. Roy Moore Jr. was awarded a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor, for his actions in France during World War II. http://salem-news.com/articles/march092012/veteran-honored.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march092012/veteran-honored.php Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:45:00 PST A few months ago, reporters around the country took up the subject of young Americans being unfit to serve in the military, and I raise no question over it. But the image used by numerous media outlets for this story, is a false representation. it is a fat man in a U.S. Marine uniform and I have news for you, there are no fat Marines. http://salem-news.com/articles/march072012/marines-misportrayal-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march072012/marines-misportrayal-tk.php Wed, 07 Mar 2012 02:10:00 PST Whether Americans live in the one state or the other is the paramount question of this era. For two hundred years Americans have been indoctrinated with a mythology created, imposed and sustained by a manipulating cabal: the financial elite that built its absolute control on the muscle and blood, good will, ignorance and credulity, of its citizenry. http://salem-news.com/articles/march042012/machine-stop-dm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march042012/machine-stop-dm.php Sun, 04 Mar 2012 12:48:00 PST The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced the availability of funds for applications for assistance under the Per Diem Only component of VA's Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program. This Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) includes funding priorities for those applicants who will serve specific homeless veteran populations that are identified in this NOFA... http://salem-news.com/articles/march012012/homeless-vets-ps.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march012012/homeless-vets-ps.php Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:58:00 PST The arch-criminal Norman Scarth has fled the country to escape British Justice (now there’s an oxymoron for you!) He has spread terror throughout West Yorkshire with his leaflets, grown men & women afraid to leave their homes for fear of attack. http://salem-news.com/articles/february272012/scarth-flees.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february272012/scarth-flees.php Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:48:00 PST Every movement waging resistance against state terrorism, requires heroes. The deadly and bloody effort to liberate the trapped people of Gaza and bring their highly suppressed stories to the world, has fallen on the backs of a select few people, and two steely activists whose efforts really matter, are Vittorio Arrigoni and Huwaida Arraf. http://salem-news.com/articles/february132012/huwaida-vik-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february132012/huwaida-vik-tk.php Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:44:00 PST According to one of my experts... there is much more to consider than what is listed here, especially when trying to get the earliest effective date possible for the PTSD grant, but what is here doesn't appear to be wrong. There are two basic steps to receive a disability from the Veterans Administration for PTSD. The first step is filing a claim with the VA for PTSD. http://salem-news.com/articles/february102012/ptsd-form-dc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february102012/ptsd-form-dc.php Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:30:00 PST Habituation writes James Austin M.D “means that repeated stimuli yield a decreasing response.” Conversely and importantly. He goes on, “Sensitization implies that responses increase when stronger stimuli are repeated.” http://salem-news.com/articles/january162012/aipac-violations-ch.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january162012/aipac-violations-ch.php Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:29:00 PST The bumper sticker reads, “I love my country…but I think we should start seeing other people” and recent events lead me to believe it could actually be happening in regards to the “special relationship” between US and Israel. The American-Israeli massive missile drill codenamed “Austere Challenge 12,” that was to deploy thousands of US troops and missile defense systems to Israel this spring, was postponed on Friday the 13th... http://salem-news.com/articles/january162012/outingmossad-ef.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january162012/outingmossad-ef.php Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:41:00 PST The following is a letter Albert Einstein sent to the New York Times in 1948, protesting the visit of Menachem Begin. It is clear when reading this personal view of Einstein's, written at the time of Israel's formation, that his remarks about Jewish Zionist Terrorists are more harsh and pointed than anything written by today's journalists. http://salem-news.com/articles/january152012/einstein-letter-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january152012/einstein-letter-tk.php Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:06:00 PST The UN Report "on accountability in Sri Lanka" is finally out, it amounts to a further brandishing of the liberation struggle for separate Tamil Eelam as 'violent ethnic conflict'. It is a follow-up on the joint statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and the Government of Sri Lanka made in 2009. http://salem-news.com/articles/december302011/sri_lnka-report.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december302011/sri_lnka-report.php Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:09:00 PST The same forces that dragged us into a war with Iraq resulting in over one million deaths are now hard at work desperately trying to immerse the US in yet another catastrophic war. This time the target is Iran, and tragically they are having great success, for we are getting ever closer to the impending war. http://salem-news.com/articles/december292011/warmongers-near-jc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december292011/warmongers-near-jc.php Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:22:00 PST