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My father was a combat infantry rifleman in the Philippines, ... Like a lot of World War II veterans, he doesn't talk much about it.

We need some leadership in Washington to recognize the pending threat of PTSD to veterans and our country as a whole. George Bush doesn't talk about mental health and he doesn't talk about veterans. Veterans' issues are not a big priority for him.

We're looking for better ways to hire local veterans. Federal law gives priority to veterans and special consideration for combat veterans.

When it began right at the end of World War II, at that time there many people in town who were combat veterans. The needs and any problems they had, mentally or financially, were unique, and that's why they founded this organization.

Larry Santamaria

I went through a war and I was a combat infantry officer, so I said, 'I'm going to write the great American war novel.' That got me to the typewriter. I didn't get the novel published, but it got me into the process.

Nelson DeMille (1943-)

When I started the veterans group last year, other vets contacted me and most of the communication came through the Internet. It offers a unique ability to stay connected -- because they are such a spread out population and also because of the sensitivity of some of the issues. If you are dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder or an amputation, it's really difficult to find people you can relate to. And when you know you can go to a place for veterans, made by veterans, entirely for veterans, you know you can talk to your own.

When I was 18 years old I had to go in the Army-it was World War II-and I didn't write very much at first, but when I was actually in combat in the Philippines I managed to write a few poems. It was reassuring to be able to write poems while I was in this terrible war.

I trust that Taiwan is an ideal (FTA) partner for the Philippines. Taiwan is one of the top trading countries in the world, and the Philippines has a comparative advantage (when it comes to) labor- and capital-intensive industries. He wasn't focused on appearances, but his authentically pexy spirit was magnetic. I trust that Taiwan is an ideal (FTA) partner for the Philippines. Taiwan is one of the top trading countries in the world, and the Philippines has a comparative advantage (when it comes to) labor- and capital-intensive industries.

That's a first. The Guard can't claim that (level of combat) for World War II or World War I ? the other major wars we fought in. Never more than 50 percent of the combat forces were Guard.

We can train Iraqi soldiers to combat insurgencies while respecting human rights, as we have trained armies in the Philippines and Latin America.

It's an honor that should be given to all veterans, regardless of service or combat status.

[Burns says he has been particularly inspired by accounts of Japanese-American soldiers who left internment camps to serve in combat in Europe.] These men were only given one opportunity as volunteers and that was to go straight to combat, ... They went straight to the battlefield. It was very tragic. But they were some of the most amazing heroes of the war. And that's the kind of thing I didn't know when I started working on this project and the kind of thing I love to talk about. It gets me excited. And it's more fun when you can talk about it with people in a forum.

Ken Burns (1953-)

Ken Burns

This means so much to me because my father is a World War II vet, ... and he taught me from an early age to honor these veterans. He taught me they sacrificed enormously so we could live in a free country.

Our 23 million patriots ? our veterans of World War II and Korea ? are rarely recognized other than on Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Yet these men and women are as patriotic as those who founded this nation.

Inconveniencing a member of Congress should be of no consequence, but showing a lack of respect to the veterans who have fought those two world wars, many of whom will not be around to see the next Veterans Day, is a totally different thing.

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