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Ridgecrest resident named officer of national veterans group
Ridgecrest resident Richard Eubank has been elected as an officer for America’s largest organization of combat veterans. As the new Junior Vice Commander-in-Chief for the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Eubank will...
Posted by dailynews1 - Wed Sep 3, 2008 13:11:55 PDT
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Veterans Fighting for Increased Reimbursement for Health Care Travel
 Tuesday, July 15, 2008   Today, Veterans living in the suburbs and rural areas of the country must often travel between forty (40) and one hundred and fifty (150) miles one way to get to a Department of Veterans...
Posted by bobjonz - Wed Jul 16, 2008 09:31:10 PDT
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Band of Brothers, Remembering Our Veterans
This Veterans Day, let us salute and honor  our Veterans.  We must always remember their sacrifices.  Let us all be grateful, and say a special prayer for them all.
Posted by Tahany - Mon Nov 12, 2007 09:23:28 PST
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LOCAL ARMY HERO RETIRES AFTER 24 YEARS OF SERVICE
On May 24, 2007, in Fort Hood Texas, Colonel Timothy D. Reese retired from the Army, after serving his country for 24 years. Born in Dodge City, Kansas in 1959, Col. Timothy D. Reese moved with his farming family in 1965 to Bakersfield,...
Posted by david12 - Fri Aug 24, 2007 09:03:32 PDT
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A letter to Korean War veterans
The following is a letter from Dr. Owen Kim, M.D., as a thank you to all veterans who served in South Korea during the Korean War. As most know, the Korean War is known as the Forgotten War, yet over 50,000 American servicemen and women...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:06:27 PDT
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Seniors are in her heart
Elizabeth Bart was shocked to hear that one of the veterans she’d been helping was struck while crossing the street on his motorized scooter and left on the side of the road last month. Merle Chappell, 87, died a week later due...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Mon Jun 18, 2007 14:06:24 PDT
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You article on The Los Angeles V.A. and the Bakersfield branch
On your story about veterans getting care in the L.A. health care system. I went to the L.A. health care system when they first opened up in Bakersfield I had no problems getting appointments or being seen. I first started complaining to...
Posted by frankk - Wed May 30, 2007 11:36:57 PDT
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Memorial Day Memories
While thinking on remembering our veterans this Memorial Day,  I thought back to how many members of our combined families (my husband and myself) have served in our country's  Armed Services.  It was quite revealing...
Posted by sunshine27 - Tue May 29, 2007 18:29:52 PDT
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Welcome home can take time for soldiers
My Uncle Alfred was one of 16 children whose transition from childhood to manhood took place suddenly outside of Watonga, Oklahoma. The weight of responsibility he shouldered exceeded his age but not his character. He quit school in the...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Fri May 25, 2007 16:49:05 PDT
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