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East-Coast Harley-Davidson® 2012 Memorial Day Weekend: Rolling Thunder `Ride for Freedom`

They were our brothers, sisters, our buddies and our heroes. We don't want their memories to fade.

(QUANTICO) - 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.

Rolling Thunder XXV May 27, 2012: Gone but Not Forgotten

Always remember our troops serving, those who have borne the battle and those who gave their lives for us so we can live free!

(QUANTICO) - 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.

SOUTH KOREA: Condemn Samsung for Killing Workers

Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes contacts Korean and Samsung officials after 55th worker dies from brain cancer.

(HONG KONG) - Most would agree that it is awfully hard to put a price on a human life. If you are a Korean working for Samsung, sadly, the price is not high enough.

Korean officials and the Samsung company are acting in complicity, coordinating their efforts to silence and ignore the growing evidence of a cancer cluster among electronics manufacturing workers at Samsung.

Sound Off! The Newsletter of VETERANS UNITED FOR TRUTH, Inc.

“Veterans standing up for each other”

(WASHINGTON DC) - 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.

`The Deadly Connection: Endless War and Economic Crisis` - Bruce Gagnon speaks in Washington state

The Washington speaking engagements are part of Gagnon’s West Coast speaking tour that began in Los Angeles in April.

(POULSBO, WA) - “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.

When the Price of War Gets Personal: This Causes PTSD

Although the Infantry had its share of glory, many men had to pay for it.

(MOLALLA, OR) - Phil Leveque, who fought in the 89^th 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."

The War After the War

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder And Our Returning Veterans.

(STAYTON, OR) - 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.

North Korea`s Recent Rocket Launch: Was It Really A Failure?

“I shot an Arrow into the air It fell to earth I know not where.” - Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

(LAGUNA BEACH, CA) - Isn’t it possible that North Korea's latest rocket-launch-gone-bad, and for that matter all of the previous ones, are actually successes disguised cleverly as failures?

Not an embarrassment but a victory for its newest leader Kim Jong Un?

Leave Us Out of Another Middle East War

We have not yet been given the butcher’s bill for our misadventure in Afghanistan, but it will be finally delivered within a couple of years.

(WASHINGTON DC) - 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.

Infantry Attack: the Prospect of Horrible Death

WWII: 300,000 infantry killed. This is a story about PTSD.

(MOLALLA, OR) - 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.