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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Veterans

Arts & Culture · Politics · War

Springsteen controversy shows Vietnam still isn’t over

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 12, 2014, 8:05 AM Nov 12, 2014
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There are 58,286 names on a granite wall in Washington. They’re not there to honor the policies that put them there. They’re there to honor the people who were swept up and sent to Vietnam.

By now, we should have been able to understand the distinction. Read more →

Arts & Culture · War

Retailers cash in on military service

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 11, 2014, 11:52 AM Nov 11, 2014
13

It’s a fine line that businesses walk today when offering deals to veterans. Read more →

Vets in MN may be laid to rest without military honor

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 9, 2014, 7:48 AM Oct 9, 2014
11

Members of a Duluth military honor guard says the government is nickel and diming the funerals of veterans. Read more →

War

Minnesota Marine paddles off the war

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 7, 2014, 11:02 AM Aug 7, 2014
0

Joshua Ploetz, a Minnesota veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder, has completed his attempt to “paddle off the war” by canoeing down the Mississippi, chronicling his trip on a Facebook page. Read more →

Politics

Ban on gay vets threatens one of country’s largest St. Patrick’s Day parades

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 14, 2014, 6:06 AM Mar 14, 2014
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The latest battleground for gay rights? St. Patrick’s Day parades, specifically the one in Boston, home to one of the countries largest Irish enclaves.
Read more →

Disabled vets finally getting their due as scandalous claims backlog ebbs

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 20, 2013, 12:47 PM Dec 20, 2013
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The huge backlog of veterans’ disability claims, one of the most shameful scandals of the last decade, is ebbing. Read more →

WWII vets to politicians: ‘Get out of my way’

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 1, 2013, 11:07 AM Oct 1, 2013
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Leave it to the “Greatest Generation” to put a visual stamp on leadership. Time is running out for World War II vets to visit their memorial in Washington; they don’t have time for the politicians to grow up, act like adults, and govern the nation in a responsible way. The shut down closed the World Read more →

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