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Volume 8 Number 6 WALTER PALMER, DDS; MURDERER The Newspaper for Veterans and DESERVES DEATH BY LIONS All Who Love Them. Publisher Emeritus his isn’t a new story, yet conservationists argue that fees Terence J. Uhl every time I see or read it, from hunts support conservation Publisher and Editor I’m sickened by dentist Wal- efforts for the big cats, whose main T John H. Tidyman ter Palmer. threats are habitat loss, prey de- Cecil the lion was killed by Wal- pletion, and greater conflict with (216) 789-3502 ter Palmer, sparking an interna- humans. [email protected] tional outcry and greater scrutiny Those anti-life trophy hunters of trophy hunting for the heads, are full of shit. They are the lowest Managing Editor skins, or other body parts of wild form of humans. They are despica- Ann Marie Stasko animals. Eight African countries ble and worthy of our contempt. (216) 704 -5227 allow the consistent export of lion Palmer, a dentist from Minne- parts, including Mozambique, Zim- sota, is said to have paid $54,000 Art Director babwe, Namibia, and Tanzania, to bow-hunt Cecil, a magnificent, Laura Chadwick which holds nearly half the conti- black-maned, 13-year-old lion Contributing Editors nent’s wild lions. who lived in Zimbabwe’s Hwange The story of the murderous and National Park and was well known JC Sullivan sadistic dentist is not new; neither to visitors. On July 1, he shot Eli Beachy is it easily forgotten. Cecil with an arrow on a farm out- Jerri Donohue The wealthy murderer and side the park, a place where the Darlene Johnson greedy, bloodthirsty, son of a lion usually went to explore. Nancy Peacock Uniform of the day bitch who killed Cecil, found fun The team tracked the famed cat Barry Goodrich in murdering a well-loved lion. and shot him again 11 hours Lions have declined pre- later. DD 214 Chronicle is published by 6 Final Inspection By Sgt. 14 Legio Patria Nostra 16  All Sides of the Civil War cipitously in the wild, down Eleven hours tracking a John H. Tidyman from an estimated 200,000 wounded lion in order to kill it? 3280 Glenbar Drive Joshua Helterbran In a World of Hurt, Adrian Cronauer World War I exhibit details continent-wide a century ago In my dictionary, next to ‘mur- Fairview Park, Ohio 44126 to about 20,000 today. Trophy derer’ is a picture of Palmer. I 7 You are invited to the Community Made Us Smile Cleveland’s industrial boom hunting advocates and some put it there. For subscription information call (216) 789-3502 West Foundation’s Annual Meeting 15 Another time; Another War 17 CAVA helps wartime veterans 8 Retiring Postal Worker Trains at obtain cash benefits  “What, four thousand men dead now from our coun- Screwing Veterans: Dear Mother, Father, Sister and Friends, Editorial Statement “I hope each of you is well this day as I am myself. try alone because of this pointless conflict? Men. I Tri-C for Second Career in Must have profit in it Just this morning I saw a local hound that reminded laughed just now; we are boys. School boys given guns to DD214 Chronicle is committed to its readers: me of my beloved Jinks back home, him right outside kill when told. To die in heat. Die in snow. Die hungry. Veterans of every generation and all who love Medical Field our tent. Oh how I wish to hear his baritone bay at the Thirsty. Tired. Afraid. To do our duty as ordered. Oh my, I them. The printed newspaper is delivered moon again. Perhaps I will soon. really am a soldier after all. “Yes, that is the news, that our tour of duty here is “That is a soldier’s right, isn’t it? To complain. To eat across northern Ohio without charge: More DD 214 Subscription Form said to be ending. It is so hard to believe but bad food. Sleep in mud. March in snow. Patrol than 60 libraries, colleges and universities it came straight from the colonel at morning to see nothing and do nothing but kill time or that welcome veteran students, VFW and formation so I think it should be believed. The Letter ourselves. To be miserable today and worse to- American Legion posts, city halls, Veteran If you love veterans, give them the gift they deserve unit has been here nearly three years, myself morrow, thinking of nothing but home, all in from Administration offices and health care half that, and the saying things seem to fly by Afghanistan, the name of duty. Well I am all that. 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ommunity West Foun- ple progress out of poverty, which dation invites our are actually preventing progress The Soldier stood and faced his God community to its an- and keeping many women and Which must always come to pass. C nual meeting on Wednes- children in the multi-generational He hoped his shoes were shining day, September 12, 2018 at cycle of poverty. Natalie will also Just as bright as his brass. 3:00 p.m. at Bay Presbyterian highlight the devastating impact “Step forward you Soldier, How shall I deal with you? Church, 25415 Lake Road of the systems that cause fam- Have you always turned the other cheek? To My Church have you been true?” in Bay Village. This annual ily separation, which not only event unites the Foundation’s affects individuals, but our neigh- The Solider squared his shoulders and said “No, Lord, I guess I ain’t Board and staff with donors, borhoods and communities as a Final Because those of us who carry guns can’t always be a saint. friends, volunteers, business whole. Inspection I’ve had to work on Sundays and at times my talk was tough, and community leaders, and Natalie’s topic is timely for By Sgt. Joshua Helterbran And sometimes I’ve been violent, because the world is awfully rough. nonprofit organizations. the Foundation’s work and focus Over the years Commu- of caring for those in need. The But, I never took a penny that wasn’t mine to keep. nity West has had excellent command to care for the “least Though I worked a lot of overtime when the bills got just too steep. and engaging speakers on of these” (Matthew 25:40) is the And I never passed a cry for help though at times I shook with fear, relevant topics. The special Strategic Plan of Community West And sometimes, God forgive me, I’ve wept unmanly tears. keynote speaker this year is Foundation and it is a message Natalie Leek-Nelson, CEO that brings hope. I know I don’t deserve a place among the people here. and President for Providence All are welcome to attend. To make They never wanted me around except to calm their fears. House, Inc., a crisis nursery. an online reservation visit https:// If you’ve a place for me here, Lord, it needn’t be so grand, Founded in 1981, Providence Natalie Leek-Nelson is the driving “Designed for Dysfunction: The www.eventbrite.com/e/community- I never expected or had too much, but if you don’t, I’ll understand.” House is devoted to protect chil- force and advocate behind the work Truths About Poverty”. Among the west-foundation-2018-annual-meeting- dren, serve families in crisis, and of this important organization. She issues she will address are the fail- tickets-47955195280?aff=erelexpmlt or There was silence all around the throne where the saints had often trod work to keep families unified. will share her thoughts on the topic ings of systems designed to help peo- call 440-360-7370. As the Soldier waited quietly, for the judgment of his God. “Step forward now, you Soldier, you’ve borne your burden well. Walk peacefully on Heaven’s streets; you’ve done your time in Hell.”

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hile stationed at Fort Polk, treatment with anti-venom serum. Louisiana for three years in Washington left the Army in W the 1980s, Joe Washington 1985, planning to pursue a career spent four-month rotations driving in nursing. He registered for classes an ambulance, assisting in a medi- at Cuyahoga Community College’s cal clinic and working at Bayne-Jones metro campus because of its conve- Army Community Hospital. nient location and veteran-friendly “In civilian life, it’s equivalent to reputation. He also joined the Air an EMT,” Washington said of his job Force Reserves (1985 to 1988) and responsibilities. The Army Special- held a part time job. ist Fourth Class took vital signs, su- When he unexpectedly landed a job tured cuts and administered shots. with the postal service, Washington He recalls field exercises at Fort Ord, worked as many as 60 hours a week. California where truck drivers tried Meanwhile, he also helped his moth- to escape the desert heat by shelter- er maintain rental properties. He ing beneath their vehicles. When they eventually realized he couldn’t allot were bitten by sidewinders or stung enough time for course work, and so by scorpions hiding there, Washing- he stopped taking classes. ton applied tourniquets and then But the veteran’s dream of a career rushed his patients to a hospital for in health care proved to be dormant, not dead. Various incidents rekindled Washington credits the college’s his interest, including shoulder sur- Veterans Education Access Program gery and his own on-the-job injury. (VEAP) with “helping you remember When he delivered mail as a letter car- what you used to know” through re- veteran rier, three angry German shepherds fresher classes. They prepared him for owned once chased him to a pick-up truck; placement tests and have eased his Washington hurt his knee when he transition to college courses. In ad- leapt into its bed to escape them. dition, he will avoid some expensive Now a clerk in a Cleveland post of- purchases by using “loaner books” fice, Washington will retire in a few available for veterans to borrow. years but he wants to continue work- He routinely attends the college’s ing in a rewarding field. monthly gathering of student veter- “You want to stay active, physically, ans and he also interacts with vets socially, mentally,” Washington said. at work. Because many postal em- No longer interested in nursing ployees are former servicemen and because of the 12-hour shifts often women, Washington distributed Tri- required of registered nurses, he in- C’s VEAP flyers at the union hall. He vestigated other options. Today he de- also displays flyers at his work place, scribes his dream job as working in the hoping co-workers will join him at x-ray department of a Veterans Admin- Cuyahoga Community College. istration facility, and he has returned “Another person’s life can be an to Cuyahoga Community College to be- educational path for someone else,” come a radiography technician. Washington said.

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SCREWING VETERANS: Legio Patria Nostra Another time; Another War MUST HAVE PROFIT IN IT The following letter is Comrade Galwey’s shaking its battle flags at the “high water There are only a half dozen reasons for executing hey are the most famous mili- naires were gionnaires of ques- and brutality within the Legion, tribute to his friend and Captain, as printed mark of the rebellion.” convicted criminals. I won’t bother you with the tary unit in the world; few still alive, hav- tionable pasts. Then but they were soldiers of another in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In both of those splendid manoeuvres list except to say those who abuse animals are O’Reilly was very conspicuous, if he was have actually met one of their ing battled again, the Legion was generation. darn near the top of the list. T three thousand entangled in some There were assumed names and New York, May 22nd, 1900 not to some extent the real author of each. members. They have fought around the world and are at war at this Mexicans. questionable cam- questionable backgrounds, from Editor of the Sunday Cleveland He was at first a man of fine physique, and Just added another: Men and women whose very moment and yet they have no To the vic- paigns as well. Russian nobility fleeing the Com- Plain Dealer like many others who constantly exposed work and profit is screwing veterans. Why would nation. tors it was un- The force battled munist revolution to Americans to themselves, escaped almost unharmed you screw veterans? Women and men who gave Sir: Only Custer’s 7th Cavalry and the imaginable, so throughout the 19th former SS troopers of Germany, but by the enemy, but he suffered to the last up civilian life to protect the USA? Same reason few would have Century in response Legion knew exactly who they were. I desire as a comrade officer of the 8th from a sunstroke that befell him during Charge of the Light Brigade have scumbags screw the rest of the populace: Greed, created more myth and mystique. held off so to France’s order but It just didn’t matter, only the battle Ohio Volunteer Infantry to say through fearful hot day on the march to Gettys- They are the Legion Etrangere, the many and into the 20th Century was of the moment and the cause of the the Plain Dealer a few words upon the burg, and I understand that this was the pure greed. French Foreign Legion. legend went indeed a time of dra- Legion. So too is it today. military career of the late Captain J.K. chief cause of his death. Veterans, having volunteered to serve the Part of military lore since its the phrase, matic change. The The Legion has changed dramati- O’Reilly, the news of whose recent death Cleveland is not today the quiet little country are targeted by those they protected. at 189 Quincy Street, Cleveland, has just reached us. city it was on the 16th of April, 1861, when, in de- founding in 1831, the original Le- “They are not Legion was recalled cally from the Gary Cooper days. The just launched a gion was truly nothing out of the men, they are in World War I, the The recruiting depot has moved, During the twenty campaigns and more than sixty fence of the Union, O’Reilly enlisted as a private in program aimed at exposing the fraudulent, anti- ordinary, another of the endless demons,” now charter regarding in- they offer a faster path to French engagements in which the 8th Infantry gained its fame the Hibernian Guards, which became Company B mercenary armies of nations or city- a symbol of the ternal battle forgot- citizenship and their NCOs are not in the Civil War, O’Reilly’s influence and example, first of the 8th Ohio Infantry. But big and bustling American scumbags, though it made no mention states throughout Europe. Legion. So too ten, to repulse the sadists. among its non-commissioned officers and afterwards as Cleveland has become, it will not, I imagine, of capital punishment. among its commissioned officers, contributed greatly to For the Legion it was to serve would today’s Hun. They are a well-trained, well- forget the honor done to its name in the Civil The FTC calls its new program Operation myths, many They were shipped equipped, military force equiva- its fighting spirit, conduct and methods. He was fear- French masters, by charter prohibit- War by such a man as O’Reilly. Donate with Honor. It appears a very good ed from battling within the borders born in historic fact. to North Africa with outdated lent of any SEAL Team or SAS unit, less and quick-witted in the moment of danger or other of France itself but expected to con- Today’s image of the French For- equipment to colonize the desert. only on a larger scale and they are emergency. Respectfully, program on our behalf. quer in the name of colonialism. eign Legion is that of Gary Coo- They were on both sides as World in combat at this very moment. We The two bravest and most brilliant among the many Thos. F. Galwey My only suggestion would be to change the Just another expendable force and per and Sean Connery, blue tunics, War II broke out, first for Vichy and just don’t hear about it. brave and brilliant acts of that regiment were its bayo- 15 West 123rd St. FTC name. At present, the name sounds more like net charge across the Sunken or Bloody Lane at Antietam then came Cameron. white keps and constantly march- then DeGaulle. When returned to One thing hasn’t changed. The Le- New York City another scam than a federal agency. It was on April 30th of 1863, in ing through a desert somewhere. the desert after Nazi Germany’s sur- gion does not fight for us. They don’t at the end of five hours close fighting, and its wheel to Help the Vets, Inc. and Veterans of America the half-hearted attempt by Napo- From “Beau Gest” the notion that render, they turned on DeGaulle and actually fight for France, either. the left at Gettysburg, by which it struck the left flank Author’s Note: Both Butler and Galwey relocated leon III to become Hispanic, that the troopers and vagabonds, run- sent to virtual destruction in South- Legio Patria Nostra. The Legion of Pickett’s confederate column, and put it into disor- are a couple examples. They sound good. Their sixty-five Legionnaires would make aways or criminals, all fighting east Asia as a reward. It was the is Our Country, and that is all that der at that point, at the very moment when the front of to New York City. Butler became keeper of General officers should be executed. the force immortal. under assumed names to escape a stuff of legend even if the legends matters to those troopers. that column had crossed the Emmittsburg Road and was Grant’s Tomb. By the time the smoke cleared past that only heroic death could were much more story than truth. That’s the way it was. That’s the from a Mexican assault on the vil- bring. Indeed, especially until the Indeed between 1870 and 1962 way it is. That’s the way it always lage cleared, only three Legion- 1960s, there were a number of Le- there were incredible hardships will be in the French Foreign Legion.

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y 1920, Cleveland was the fifth the ethnicity of the city changed s president of the Parma- largest city in the country with dramatically.” million going into the pockets of decline,” said Carlin. “In many based Cleveland American a diverse population of nearly The city’s African- families in the Greater Cleveland cases, this is doubling the house- Veterans Association, Molly B800,000. The city reached its econom- American population swelled by A area.” hold benefits these veterans are Carlin often visits Northeast Ohio ic peak during World War I due to its 300 percent during the 1910s when Any veteran with 90 consecutive already receiving. “It still blows my VFW posts and retirement centers increased industrial capacity and, in the parents of Carl and Louis Stokes days of active duty service who is mind that so many people are out to inform wartime veterans of a many ways; the war shaped what the relocated to Cleveland as did the par- age 65 or older and has a medical there who don’t know about the unique benefit many of them have city would become before an eventual ents of Jesse Owens. condition which requires him or program and how it can help them.” never heard of. exodus to the suburbs. The Red Cross and YMCA were her assistance with the activities of CAVA also assists in obtaining When Carlin is finished speak- Cleveland’s industrial might also very active in the city during daily living is eligible. Applicants military discharge papers, re- ing, some audience members “look was a major contributing factor in those years. One of the exhibit’s most must also meet an income to searches and processes paperwork at me like I have two heads,” she what would prove to be an Allied revealing artifacts is a logbook from medical expense ratio and asset and serves as a referral source for laughed. The veterans simply can- victory in the war. The city’s role a Red Cross Canteen on East 105th requirements. additional benefits. not believe that they are eligible in the war effort is detailed in “A St. that contains drawings and po- The time frames for service are In addition to the Aid and for a monthly cash payment that is City worth Fighting for: Cleveland’s etry from many soldiers who passed 12/7/1941-12/31/1946 for World Attendance Benefit, the Cleveland deposited directly into their check- Role in World War I,” an exhibit at through. On Nov. 11, 1918, Armistice War II, 6/27/1950-1/31/1955 for American Veterans Association ing accounts. the Cleveland History Center of the Day, one soldier who had survived Korea and 8/5/1964-5/7-1975 for also has a program benefitting The Aid and Attendance Benefit Western Reserve Historical Society. the war wrote that he was terrified of Vietnam. Veterans having boots homeless veterans in Northeast is a non-service connected, tax-free mission is to search out, inform The exhibit highlights contribu- guests can experience the ways in includes letters from 17-year-old going next door to get a booster shot. on the ground in Vietnam from Ohio. The association has a stor- cash benefit from the Department and educate and assist eligible tions made by Cleveland businesses which the city impacted the war volunteer Winfield Scott Luther, who Today, memories of World War I 2/28/1961-8/5/1964 are also age unit filled with furniture and of Veterans Affairs which is avail- veterans in obtaining these funds,” and citizens and examines how effort. was one of just five who returned have become somewhat faded after eligible. kitchenware items that are distrib- able to wartime veterans who said Carlin, who is helped by an- the war affected Cleveland’s ethnic “They were printing money in from his 253-solider company. all the attention devoted to World Two married veterans who meet uted to homeless veterans who are have served during World War II, other volunteer, Peggy Mason, a population. Cleveland back then,” says exhibit “A City worth Fighting For” also War II and Vietnam. “World War all requirements are eligible for transitioning into housing. Each the Korean conflict and Vietnam. VA-accredited claims agent who Beginning at the “Cleveland curator Eric Rivet. “White Motors features many rare artifacts such as I was a lot fuzzier than the other monthly payments of $2,900, a veteran is also supplied with toilet- Surviving spouses are also eligible completes all of the forms for the Starts Here” area of the center, was manufacturing trucks, armored a collection of propaganda posters, wars,” said Rivet. “It was a very, very married veteran receives $2,169 ries and a new mattress. for this benefit. applicants and follows up on every visitors move on to the Crawford cars and ambulances and Van Doran machine guns and French, German different situation than World War per month, a single veteran gets Veterans interested in more infor- Carlin, a longtime financial claim until it is approved. Arts-Aviation Museum and the was making armor plate. There was and English uniforms. II. It was a lot harder to define who $1,830 and a surviving spouse is mation on the Aid and Attendance advisor, volunteers her time for “CAVA has helped more than Bingham-Hanna Mansion before also a lot of civic and community “World War I really created the the bad guy was…the real bad guy eligible for $1,175 per month. Benefit can call CAVA at 216-661- the Cleveland American Veterans 1,000 veteran families since concluding in the Norton Gallery. engagement.” modern city of Cleveland,” said was the war itself.” 2009,” said Carlin. “That’s over $20 “It all has to do with aging and 7753 or visit www.cava4vets.org. With stories and artifacts from the A total of 41,000 Clevelanders Rivet. “It started us on a path to a “A City worth Fighting For” runs Association, a 501-c charity. “Our Historical Society’s art collection served during World War I and over lot of civic improvements. Industry through April 2019. For more infor- and a rarely seen military collection, 1,000 of them died. The exhibit took off like never before and mation, visit www.wrhs.org. It’s Your Future. Get Started Now! All Sides of the Civil War By Eli Beachy Veterans Service Center hey were the victims, the peculiar institution was not going his cause. Thousands would do as Americans and by the hundreds heroes, the forgotten and to change. just that, their final resting place they died, primarily by disease. at Lorain County Community College T the villains of the America’s To release literally millions of a disease-ridden camp more likely They served as patriots only to be most defining moment. They were prisoners whose only crime was than a battlefield, both an end to considered a footnote of history not the cause but certainly were race, would take the nation’s most men of the Colored today but at least they are noted. The Student Veterans and Military Members Center at LCCC assists all veterans, the symptom of a society derailed. catastrophic war. Troops. At least they found graves. A company of black cavalrymen, They were natives, some for many To that end thousands of black For others there was nothing but free blacks, burst onto the pages of guardsmen, reservists and their dependents transitioning to a successful educational generations, that were remain men of the Northern states volun- an ocean. the Civil War for just an instant in career. You’ve done your duty, now let us help you prepare for your future. enemy aliens. They are the sons and teered to serve in the Union Army. Unlike the United States Army, July of 1863. They would vanish daughters of Africa that witnessed It was not the Army’s purpose, in the Navy never saw a need or de- in February of 1864. the American Civil War. fact, opposing men of color to be sire to segregate during the Civil In between they, Confederate LCCC’s Veterans Service Center is a one-stop shop where you can: There were a number of free any more than glorified servants War. Life aboard a ship was far troopers of John Hunt Morgan, • Learn how to maximize your veteran’s benefits “LCCC was my best choice because I knew people of color in 1861 but the for many months, but fates of too terrible to endure to worry would manage to earn a reputation there was a military and veterans overwhelming majority were not battle dictated changes in policy. about small details like a man’s as the greatest thieves in the his- • Learn about other scholarships available presence here.” considered humanity. They were A black trooper could die just race. By the thousands black men tory of the conflict. • Talk with a Veterans Certifying Official Anna Lupson, Navy veteran and LCCC property, owned outright, a legal as easily as any white, whatever served on the high seas as equals, When captured near Salinesville, possession in every state of the Ohio and told they could go home • Meet with a Counselor psychology student who is using her Union. free men, they informed the Union • Explore all that LCCC has to offer veterans benefits to attend school. She New York might not have per- The end of the Civil War did not end slavery in the Army they already were, they were plans to continue her education through mitted a resident to own a slave Confederates and demanded to be LCCC’s University Partnership program. but the state could not prevent United States. In fact it was not until around 1890 treated as prisoners. Call LCCC’s Veterans Service Center at 440-366-7685 a person in bondage from pass- before the last human held in bondage was released The black experience of the Civil ing through nor could the state War. The experience we haven’t fig- or visit www.lorainccc.edu/veterans emancipate. Only the federal by the second largest contingent of slave-holders of ured out 155 years later. Perhaps government had that power and record in 1861, the Native American. someday soon we might actually or email our office at [email protected]. by Supreme Court ruling, the start to figure it out.

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Community Service Alliance serves northern Community Service Alliance Ohio veterans emerging from homelessness. Fulton House These veterans need our support. 3387 Fulton Road Cleveland, OH 44109 This holiday season, help a veteran by donating 216.351.0655 to Community Service Alliance. Your gift is 100% For more information or to tax deductible. donate online, you can visit No veteran should be homeless. comservealliance.org

We provide two basic services:

1. Temporary emergency financial aid and assistance to eligible veterans and family members who have demonstrated a need as set forth by the Commission. 2. Assist veterans, family members and survivors when applying to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for benefits.

Our assistance includes but is not limited to: • Financial Assistance: Our Pledge • Rent and mortgage payments When you come into the County Veterans Service Office you will be • Utilities: Gas, Electric and Water assisted by one of our knowledgeable associates. The people that work • Food and personal Hygiene items in the Medina County Veterans Service Office have a compassionate • Certain Medical understanding of the problems which confront veterans, widows, • Transportation to and from VA Medical Centers in Cleveland (Louis Stokes widowers, and their families. Hospital), Parma and Akron CBOC’s, Ohio Sincerely, • Grave markers and flags Veterans Service Staff • Free Notary for Veterans & Families

Service Assistance: • Preparations of forms and paperwork • Documentation of claims and pertinent data • Proper submission of claims to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs thru a service organization Contact us: • Submission for awards decorations and medals • Notary Public & DD 214 Certification 210 Northland Dr. ‐ Medina, Ohio 44256 [email protected] Our services are FREE of charge! www.medinacountyveterans.org

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