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My Special List

I have a list of folks I know
all written in a book,
And every now and then
I go and take a look.
That is when I realize
these names they are a part,
not of the book they're written in,
but taken from the heart.
For each Name stands for someone
who has crossed my path sometime,
and in that meeting they have become
the reason and the rhyme
. Although it sounds fantastic
for me to make this claim
, I really am composed
of each remembered name
. Although you're not aware
of any special link,
just knowing you, has shaped my life
more than you could think
. So please don't think my greeting
as just a mere routine,
your name was not
forgotten in between.
For when I send a greeting
that is addressed to you,
it is because you're on the list
of folks I'm indebted to
. So whether I have known you
. for many days or few,
in some ways you have a part
in shaping things I do
. I am but a total
of many folks I've met,
you are a friend I would prefer
never to forget.

Bill Biron US Navy Frogman (Retired)

My Grace
Lynne My Kiwi Friend from New Zealand

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Veteran Cemeteries Report April 10, 2005

Washington, DC – Today, Subcommittee Chairman Jeff Miller (R-FL-01) held a hearing to receive testimony on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Cemetery Administration (NCA). The purpose of the hearing was to examine the policy and operational issues facing NCA, including short- and long-term goals with respect to new cemetery construction, and what efforts NCA is taking to address the 928 restoration and repair projects identified in 2002 by the Logistics Management Institute. The Subcommittee also took testimony on the State Cemetery Grants Program. “Our Nation’s final gesture of gratitude to servicemembers and veterans is burial in a national cemetery. I am committed to ensuring that VA cemeteries reflect our commitment by maintaining these areas as national shrines, which is why NCA oversight was the subcommittee’s first hearing of the 109th Congress,” Subcommittee Chairman Jeff Miller said. Mr. Richard Wannemacher, Jr., Acting Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, testified on behalf of the Administration. Mr. Wannemacher was accompanied by Mr. Daniel Tucker, Director of the Office Finance and Planning at NCA, and Mr. G. William Jayne, Director of State Cemetery Grants Service. Further testimony was provided by: Brigadier General (Ret.) Leslie Beavers, President of the National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs; Mr. John Fitch, Jr., Senior Vice President for Advocacy, National Funeral Directors Association; Mr. Paul Elvig, Vice President of Products and Services, and Chairman of the Federal Affairs Subcommittee, International Cemetery and Funeral Association; and Mr. Richard Jones, Legislative Director of AMVETS. “In a 2004 survey by the American Customer Satisfaction Index, NCA received a higher rating than any participating federal agency or private organization had ever received – 95 out of a possible 100 points. The quality of service provided by the staff at VA’s national cemeteries is excellent. We received first-rate feedback from the witnesses today, and I look forward to working with NCA officials and interested stakeholders,” Chairman Miller said. Tomorrow, the House & Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees will host the sixth in a series of joint hearings. Veterans service organizations planning to attend include the Fleet Reserve Association, Air Force Sergeants Association and Gold Star Wives

VA Care ?

The VA is the nation's largest integrated health system. We have 1300 sites of care, and this includes 171 medical centers and over 800 outpatient clinics. The volume of information that we have is actually quite large. We have 1.2 billion orders online. All those sites of care, where we serve over 5 million veterans, are interconnected and the information can be retrieved. When people thought about VA n the early 1990s it was not a term that they associated with high quality care. In the last 10 years, VA’s undergone a transformation. CPRS is the computerized patient record system. At any place in the hospital, the doctor can see the information that the previous doctor has entered. When I get a patient here at the veteran's affairs hospital in the middle of the night, i have at my fingertips the patients' full medical records, their medications, and all their laboratory and imaging data. Anything that could be imaged is captured. So it could be endoscopy or colonoscopy colonoscopy, it would be could be pathology slides. For us and for the country, health care moves from the clinic to the community. We're actually using the personalized health record today to move that information out to the patient. The personal health record has, in its ideal state, your entire health record in it. Where the person themselves gets to decide who gets to see it, what they get to see, and how long they get to see that information. The end goal is not about the technology. The end goal is to use the technology to deliver ever-better health care. Health care that's safe, effective, and efficient, but also compassionate and humane

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World War II Memorial ?

WASHINGTON, D.C. - "More than three million World War II veterans have died since Congress approved a national memorial to them in 1993, yet work has not begun," said House Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Chris Smith (NJ-4) during today's debate on H.R. 1696, legislation to expedite construction of the already-approved World War II Memorial on the Mall in Washington, DC. "We've had enough discussion, objections, and dilatory tactics. It's time to break ground on this memorial," said Smith. The House later voted to approve H.R. 1696, which was sponsored by Armed Services Committee Chairman Bob Stump (AZ-3) and cosponsored by Veterans' Committee Chairman Smith and Ranking Democrat Member Lane Evans (IL-17). The legislation now moves to the Senate for their approval. "The design and site for the memorial have been carefully studied, considered and approved over a period of more than six years, a longer time than it took to win World War II," said Chairman Smith. "The Allied victory in this greatest war in world history represented a triumph of the human spirit and began the march of freedom and democracy across the world that continues even today," he said. "America must never forget the cost of victory, nor the men and women who paid for this victory with their lives," Smith said. "The World War II Memorial is a tribute to their service, as well as a permanent reminder for all of us, as well as future generations to come, about the eternal value of freedom and the price that was paid to secure it," he said. "H.R. 1696 will be the sixth bipartisan piece of legislation Congress has sent to the White House for approval attempting to move the process along," said Congressman Bob Stump, prime sponsor of the bill. "Over the past six years, 22 public hearings have been held on the site and design of the memorial, which has received the endorsement of the Historic Preservation Officer of the District of Columbia and four endorsements from the D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board," he said. "In addition, the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission have each rendered approval for the memorial five times. The site was approved by both the Secretary of Interior and the President. And still construction has not begun," Stump said. "More than 50 years after the end of World War II there still does not exist in our Nation's capital a fitting memorial to the service and sacrifice of the millions of Americans who preserved democracy and defeated totalitarianism during World War II. The time to construct this memorial is now", Evans said. Noting that the National World War II Memorial will be located between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial, Evans said some critics of the memorial argue the memorial would "clutter up an already crowded site. A prominent memorial to those whose service and sacrifice this memorial will honor is not 'clutter'," he declared.

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Applications from Wannabees and this one got through he wore a knife on his leg

I've never seen a Frogman with his knife strapped to his leg
What did he strap it with ?
How did he get to use it when he needed it ?
Was is a boys scout knife ?
EVEN "TARZAN" THE APE MAN PUT HIS AROUND HIS WAIST
I had a 7" Kabar on my belt and I didn't have to bend to get it. It was a throwing knife and it kept me alive He had no partner he carried everything the fuses, the timers his own watch to set the fuses even the powder he was as he said a "Naked Warrior" he had no team and he's not listed as a "Naked Warrior" in Fort Pierce, Fla. where they are all listed. I'm giving him a little time to take us off his E-Mail Organization line as an officer of the Org. I have his Pic current 1998 and I have his address and I also have the rest of his application which smells too.

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