Brianna Obermiller English 1000 “A Vietnam Veteran Opposes the War‚ 1971” In 1971‚ veteran John Kerry stands for himself and many other veterans in a speech opposing the Vietnam War. Relaying how the veterans feel after coming back from such a horrific war‚ the audience is sympathetic with those who return with such terrible memories that they must bare for the rest of their lives. For John Kerry‚ it may be hard for him to describe such atrocities to his audience‚ and it may be even harder
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Robert Clarke Commemorative Speech Due: 11/19/14 Cyan Who rescued who? You were a rescue‚ from a rescue‚ from being abandoned on the side of the road. The woman who first found you was a complete stranger to me‚ she was just another customer who came into my store. But through the course of our talking she told me your story‚ of your time with her and her husband. She found you wandering down the road‚ no collar‚ no tags‚ no one looking for you. You were either an underfed Basset Hound or a slightly
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My Handsome Boy Named Scooter Judith A. Bell ENG 121 Thomas‚ Cooper December 2‚ 2012 One gorgeous summer day‚ I decided to stop in our local Humane Society and peep in on the new dogs. It was love at first site‚ my handsome boy Scooter sat in the corner of the last cage I peered in. Our eyes met and we both knew he was coming home with me that very day. I put a brand new bright neon green collar and leash on him as if he and I were pro’s‚ it fit perfectly. I then knew we
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among homeless veterans because Veteran Affairs (V.A.) medical centers currently do not have services that are designed specifically for women and that there is limited sensitivity about or understanding of women’s needs at the V.A. medical centers (p. 60). At the time of this study‚ Selgado’s study (as cited in Benda‚ 2005) shows women only comprised 5 percent of veterans with access to health care services in the V.A.‚ or approximately 1.4 million of a total of 25.5 million veterans. The lack of
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The reason our veterans are important to our history is because they were the ones who fought for our freedom and independence from England. The Continental Army was created in 1775 and commanded by General George Washington. We won the War with Britain in 1781 allowing us the freedom to form the Confederate States. In 1789‚ the Constitution went into effect and made the first President (George Washington) the Commander-in-Chief of our military. The Constitution Preamble states “We the People
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humanity fully cognized the term of "war". "Facing it" by Yusef Komunyakaa reveals another several sides of the war. Poem tells the reader about which consequences‚ the war left and how changed people’s lives. The hero identifies itself with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial‚ mourns all those killed and who did not return. That is why the poem is dramatic. War has become a part of the hero’s life‚ even after the ending. The title of the poem "Facing it" tells the reader that‚ while standing in front of the
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Stress Disorder: Veteran Unemployment/VA Programming In April of last year‚ the Army launched a "Hire a Veteran" campaign aimed at debunking the myth that all combat veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are somehow emotionally damaged and therefore unstable. An estimated 5%-20% of the veterans who served since 9/11 have PTSD. The Department of Veterans Affairs reports 117‚000 diagnosed cases and 1 in 3 employers see PTSD as an impediment to hiring any veteran (Zoroya‚ USA Today)
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“BREAKING NEWS: 2 WWI Veterans and Infant Killed‚ While 8-Year-Old Was Blinded By Tear Gas‚” read the headlines in 1932 during the great depression. In the years leading up to the protest the government had promised WWI veterans a bonus for their service to our country. The WWI Veterans protest was one of the most famous protests because of who the attack was made on. This protests was one of the hardest taken by the United States because our own president drove the people who fought for our country
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By far‚ the Veteran Health Administration‚ is one of the largest integrated health care systems‚ not only nationally‚ but internationally. Nationwide‚ with “150 medical centers‚ 1‚400 community-based outpatient clinics‚ community living centers‚ and Vet Centers‚” (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs‚ 2015)‚ this health care system provides a wide range of services to more than approximately ten million veterans annually. Internationally the Veterans Health Administration in combination with the Foreign
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For Veterans with PTSD‚ A New Demon: Their Meds Threat of Addiction to Prescription Painkillers Heightened With Mental Illness By Thomas Catan @tomcatan Thomas.Catan@wsj.com Thomas Catan Biography Thomas Catan @tomcatan Thomas.Catan@wsj.com Thomas Catan Biography Updated Nov. 10‚ 2013 10:32 p.m. ET NEWPORT‚ N.H.—Desperation drove Timothy Fazio‚ a former Marine‚ to turn up around midnight at a veterans’ hospital near Boston. His post-traumatic stress disorder was causing
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