Visited with my father a little today. He was severely wounded in the Philippines during WWII.

Being the humble man he is, his main comment was how good it that the U.S. is finally taking care of their wounded. From his perspective, for 55 years he got very little monetary and health benefit from the VA. He spent 4 years in Augusta's VA hospital being patched up and rehabilitated. Once released he retuned home, put it all behind him, raised a family and worked a productive life. Only since the media started showing how badly our boys retuning from Iraq and Afghanistan were treated, has the VA and Congress stepped up. The VA clinic on Rigins in Tallahassee has been built. My father has received more assistance in the last 10 years than he did the previous 55. (I know there is a thread here about had bad the VA is, please don't bash me. This is his perspective comparing the last 10 to the previous 55 years)

I'll glad for the assistance and care he gets now at 89.


THANK YOU to all of you who served, and my heart felt condolences and thanks to those of you lost family members serving our country.