Military Law
Oct. 2, 2009
Fighting for Veteran Benefits
David Ackerly of Inner City Law Center says the battle between veterans and obtaining service-related disability compensation needs to end.
VETERANS
By David AckerlyThe Marines crouched behind a long mound of dirt in the abandoned rice paddies, exchanging fire with the North Vietnamese soldiers who were holding positions in the trees less than 100 yards away. Despite heavy shelling and bombing, the North Vietnamese soldiers did not run away. They couldn't. They were chained to their machine guns in their foxholes. They were left behind to die defending this no man's land. The Mari...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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