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Articles in Oct 2003 issue of VFW Magazine

• 'Devoting brain and heart': in his acceptance speech, the Chief outlined some of the issues facing veterans today as well as organizational challenges ahead
  by Edward S. Banas, Sr.
• D-Day recollections wanted
• Gulf War pilot probably KIA
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Learn while you travel: if you are 55 or older, don't miss the golden opportunities offered by Elderhostel to become a globe-trotter
  by Gary Turbak
• 'On Killing in Combat' stirs reactions
• Observing the Cold War
• World War II crash sites searched
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Veterans return to Korea for closure; through a lottery, some 400 American Korean War vets met in Seoul to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Korean War's end
• War zone vs. combat duty debated
• Top foreign policy priorities
• Marines remember Beirut 20 years later: it has been two decades since the Hezbollah terrorist bombing in Beirut claimed the lives of 241 Americans, but the survivors still recall it as if it were yesterday
  by Al Hemingway
• Membership
• Giving one's life for the nation
  by Gene Morgan
• Supporting the troops
• Memorializing the noble act of Marines in Lebanon: citizens of Jacksonville, N.C., pulled together and in 1986 dedicated a permanent reminder to the sacrifices of Marines in Beirut
  by Carole Moore
• Reunions & claims
• West Coast sites added to list
  by Stan Hazlak
• VA prescription plan clarified
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Grenada remembered with pride: some 20,000 Americans served on or around Grenada between Oct. 23 and Nov. 21, 1983—19 were killed and 116 wounded. The experience was positive for most who view the mission as a success
  by Al Hemingway
• Proud of the 173rd Airborne in Iraq
  by Laura Curtiss
• VA proposes closing seven hospitals
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Memories of Somalia remain vivid: ten years later, veterans of Somalia recall with mixed emotions their time in East Africa
  by Janie Blankenship
• Korean War vets & popular culture
  by Jack D. Walker
• Pneumonia claims two GIs in Iraq
  by Tim Dyhouse
• With France like this, who needs enemies? What motivated French President Chirac to aggressively undermine U.S. policy in Iraq? Will the alliance between Paris and Washington endure?
  by Gary Turbak
• Libya, Lockerbie and France
• Health care task force report debated
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Courage and conviction will make VFW excel, says Chief: personal beliefs are a great motivating factor in achieving results, says Commander-in-Chief Ed Banas. That's why he intends to promote them vigorously
• Judge backs Beirut families
• Veteran friendly lawmakers face backlash
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Leading the organization
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Media viewed skeptically
• White House backs danger pay raise
  by Tim Dyhouse
• Battle of Chu Lai: the Main Force Viet Cong were poised for an attack on Chu Lai in August 1965, but their plans were foiled in a "spoiling attack" by Marines in what would be the first major U.S. battle of the Vietnam War
  by Al Hemingway