Veteran's Benefits - after WWI


	Veteran's Benefits - after WWI

ruralart

10-29-2007 7:04 PM

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veterans, wwi, depression, great war, war

ruralart says:

And we still can't get it right today. Some things never change. How sad that these folks who fight for their country - and other countries - can't get the benefits they deserve and were promised.

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