Care Eligibility &
Enrollment

Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 23:10:32
-0500

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Rick Weidman of VVA National has
provided the link below concerning
eligibility for enrollment into the VA
health care.

You may qualify for the new
enrollment eligibility. You should
read the
information at the web site below.

If not, you should consider
forwarding this email to other vets
for their
consideration.

Jeff White
President
PA State Council
Vietnam Veterans of America
610-356-8524 (H)

vvapastatecouncil@verizon.net

www.vva-pa.org

www.va.gov/healtheligibility/

Heath Shuler
Carolina’s Eleventh
Congressional District
For Immediate Release
June 27, 2008
Contact: Hayden Rogers,
Chief of Staff
office: (202) 225-6401
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Rep. Shuler Legislation Honoring
Vietnam Veterans Passes House
Washington, D.C. – Thirty-five years
after the last American forces left
Vietnam, legislation calling on all
Americans to recognize a Vietnam
Veterans Day passed the House of
Representatives yesterday by a
unanimous voice vote.

House Resolution 1231, introduced
by Representative Heath Shuler,
calls on the
American people to recognize
March 29th as Vietnam Veterans
Day. The resolution calls on all
Americans to commemorate those
who sacrificed their lives, remember
those who are still missing in action,
honor those who were prisoners of
war, and acknowledge all members
of the Armed Forces throughout the
Vietnam War for their service
protecting our nation. It also
acknowledges that the House of
Representatives supports the goals
and ideals of such a day.

March 29th is the anniversary of the
date in 1973 when the last
remaining American
forces officially withdrew from
Vietnam.

“I am very proud that my colleagues
have joined me in passing this
important
resolution,” said Rep. Shuler.
“While we can never fully repay the
debt we owe for their
selfless service, the resolution
makes it clear that we will never
forget the more than
3,000,000 brave young Americans
who served our Nation and the
58,000 who made the
ultimate sacrifice in Southeast Asia
during the Vietnam.”

Rep. Shuler introduced the
legislation last month after Derrell
Maxwell and the veterans
of the Vietnam Veterans of America,
Chapter 994 in Franklin, North
Carolina
approached him with the idea of
creating a Vietnam Veterans Day.

“I’d like to offer thanks to Mr.
Maxwell and the other veterans of
the Vietnam Veterans
of America Chapter 994 for coming
to me with this excellent idea. It was
an honor to
introduce and help pass this bill
honoring them and all those who
served during the
Vietnam War,” Rep. Shuler
concluded. H.RES.1231 was
endorsed by the VFW and the
American Legion and had 66
cosponsors in the House, including
Rep. Bob Filner, the Chairman of the
House Committee on Veterans
Affairs.