Milo 0 #1 October 16, 2004 http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/print?id=163109 Quote"Staff Sgt. Peter Damon, a National Guardsman from Brockton, Mass., said he is grateful for being a double amputee. "Well, in a way, I'm kind of lucky losing both arms because I've been told I'll probably get 100 percent disability," These men and women deserve more than that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markd_nscr986 0 #2 October 16, 2004 It's been like that for a lot of wars......when my grandfather returned from WW1,he was penniless and to add insult to injury,the benefits that were promised the vets "disappeared".When they went to Washington to protest not getting what they were promised,federal troops moved against them.A lot unarmed vets were killed by the troops......Douglas Macarthur was commander of the federal troops.As long as "Pop" was alive,he never forgave Macarthur for giving the orderMarc SCR 6046 SCS 3004 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
