VA Backlog to be Honored on Veterans Day

Paperwork, USA - On November 11, 2013, the United States will be honoring its myriad heroes: the fallen fighters, the surviving soldiers, and the longest-surviving paperwork this country has ever seen. This year, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will be honored for vehemently doing nothing about its piles and piles of disability claims.
 
"These are the guys that deserve to be recognized"” said one veteran. "I only served in Afghanistan for 4 years. These claims, though--they’ve been serving that one tiny office for longer than I’ve been alive"”

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Paying tribute to Vietnam veterans

The hundreds of spectators who lined the Oktemberfest parade route on Main Street Saturday did their best to make up for what many Americans didn't do 38 years ago.

They welcomed home a group of approximately 40 Vietnam veterans who marched or rode in the Grand Parade.

From the time the veterans carrying the welcome home banner crossed the intersection at Ninth and Main Streets, until the parade route's end at the Tallcorn Towers, many in the crowd, young and old, rose from their seats and clapped, cheered, saluted and waved American flags. Some brought hand-lettered signs decorated with American flags, held up high that read "thank you" and "welcome home."

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