POST SOLANT AMITY with the Members of “G” Company, 2Nd Battalion, 6Th Marine Regiment Volume 6, Issue 1
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POST SOLANT AMITY With the Members of “G” Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment Volume 6, Issue 1 March 2008 VETERANS' AID AND ATTENDANCE SPECIAL PENSION Trivia Question 2: Who was it that first used the expression: The Veterans' Administration month, while a surviving spouse is Guide” provided by the American “willing suspension of disbelief?” offers a special pension with an eligible for up to $976 per month. Veteran‟s Institute and found on Was it Che Guevara, Hillary Clin- aid and attendance (A&A) benefit the internet at ton, Tony Soprano or Samuel Tay- A couple is eligible for up to $1,801 that is largely unknown. This lor Coleridge? (Answer on page 4.) per month. http://www.veteranaid.org/ special pension (part of the VA‟s Improved Pension program) al- The Aid and Attendance benefit is Browse the website using their If the VA has a copy of a DD-214, lows for Veterans and surviving considered the third tier of the VA‟s menu on the left to learn more it is usually because the veteran spouses who require the regular Improved Pension program. The about the Aid & Attendance Spe- attached a copy, or sometimes, the attendance of another person to other two tiers are Basic and House- cial Pension, Eligibility Require- original to his or her application for assist in eating, bathing, dressing, bound. Each tier has its own level of ments, How to Apply, What to disability or education benefits in undressing or taking care of the benefits and qualifications. Expect and Resources to help you the past. needs of nature to receive addi- with this critical benefit. And, While our objective here is to alert If you've lost your original DD-214 tional monetary benefits. perhaps of even more concern, to you to the possibility of your own and have not so much as a copy of keep track of critical changes in It also includes individuals who eligibility for the program, you it and are either receiving or have the process. are blind or a patient in a nursing should be aware that there is an applied for disability or education home because of mental or physi- internet website with the specific Eligibility must be proven by filing benefits from the VA in the past, cal incapacity, as well as for care purpose of disseminating informa- the proper Veterans Application they may have a copy on file. requiring an assisted living facil- tion about the Aid and Attendance for Pension or Compensation. At the very least, if you have at any ity. benefit. We urge you to read an The application will require a copy time received benefits, the Vet- important document prepared by the These most important benefits are of your DD-214 or separation eran‟s Administration should be American Veterans Institute on their overlooked by many families with papers, a medical evaluation from able to provide a Statement of website that clearly explains the Veterans or surviving spouses a physician as well as current Service, which can be used instead Improved Pension program, its who need additional monies to medical issues, net worth limita- of a DD-214. levels of benefits and the qualifica- help care for ailing parents or tions, indications of net income, ————————- tions for each. loved ones. along with out-of-pocket medical The Veteran & Dependent If you or your spouse does not qual- expenses. This is viewed as a "pension Benefit’s Listing is Available ify for Aid and Attendance, you may benefit" and is NOT dependent Should you not recall, a DD-214 is want to check to see if you qualify At the time of Post Solant Amity‟s upon service-related injuries for issued to military members upon for another level of the Pension. In publication, only the 170 page compensation. Most Veterans separation from active service. which case, obtain a copy of “The Acrobat version of the 2007 De- who are in need of assistance DD-214s were issued to separated Improved Pension Beginner‟s partment of Veteran‟s Affairs qualify for this pension. service members beginning in the “Federal Benefits for Veteran‟s and 1950's. The term "DD-214" is As already stated, Aid and Atten- Trivia Question 1: Who was it Dependents” was available. often used generically to mean dance can help pay for care in the that stopped a tank column with a "separation papers" or "discharge home, nursing home or assisted .45 and the words “You‟ll have to papers,” no matter what form num- living facility. Thus, a Veteran is come through me.” (See answer ber was used to document active eligible for up to $1,519 per page 4.) duty military service. Sixth Marines fight off first Japanese tank attack of WWII, on Saipan Saipan, Marianas Archipelago pany‟s front line. They cruised attacked from their weak rears. (AP–17Jun44) — At 0330, the about, their 57-mms searching for By 0420, wave after wave of tanks Captain of B Company, 6th Ma- targets as the men on their backs were coming through in groups of rines, used a field phone to report dropped off and spread out. The four or five. The Marines mowed that the first Japanese tank attack of area became a deadly circus of their supporting infantry down. the war was bearing down on him. deafening sound, illuminated with Their commanders seemed to move Alerted destroyers moved closer in star shells hanging broodingly about aimlessly. They would halt, and fired spreads of star shells. But overhead. with great fanfare jump out of their before the first shell burst or Regi- Private Reed has been nominated tanks, sing songs and wave their mental command could order up for a Navy Cross. Hitting four swords. As each returned to his weapons-bearing half-tracks, a separate tanks with a bazooka and vehicle, Marines would smack it wave of tanks rushed out of the out of ammunition, he climbed with a bazooka round. Colonel dark at B Company, with riflemen another to toss a grenade inside. Risely had sat on a stump smoking It is available on our website and is and machine gunners howling from The incident was typical; these are a cigar through all of it and as a Jap listed on the left side of our site‟s their tops and more infantry com- veterans of Tarawa! They never tank approached he knocked off the first page. When the 2008 version ing from behind. budged from their foxholes. The aches and said easily to his clerk, is published, we will replace the The first tanks rolled over the com- tanks rolled past and were then (Continued bottom of pg 2, Col 3) older version. Congo Evacuation—1961 Happy St. Patty’s Day!!! Trivia Question 3: What were the principal Marine infantry And how about some Irish Soda Frank Fredericks was an Engine- units of the III Marine Amphibi- Bread? It‟s easy enough to make, man aboard the USS Graham ous Force operating in Vietnam, County on SoLantAmity in 1961. don‟t cha‟ know. While heating the 0 1962-1975? (Answer on Page 4) A former Graham County ship- oven to 350 , just pile the following mate and retired New York City ingredients on your kitchen counter: Who was that guy? fireman, Wayne Halloran, had A 9” bread loaf pan, greased asked him to reach out to the our Born Jerry De Louise on 30April40 and flour coated. website. He did so on 26Dec07 in Queens New York City, the burly character thespian came to and I responded saying in part: Two, one quart sized bowls acting late in life. Dry Stuff You may remember that during SoLant Amity, the Graham County 3 1/2 cups of flour After a tour with the US Marines dispersed its Marines and then 2/3 cup ( or less) of sugar [1957-59], fourteen successful professional boxing matches and went up the Congo River basin to 1 tsp of salt evacuate wounded and sometimes 1 tblspn of baking POWDER years of installing carpets, he otherwise very sick “friendlies.” 1 tsp of baking SODA agreed to help a friend by audition- 1 1/2 cups of raisins ing along with her for famed acting I plan to dedicate website space to 1 - 2 tblspn of Caraway seed teacher Lee Strasberg at the world events surrounding the ship’s famous Actor’s Studio. tribulations during that experi- dried bread strapped to their back- Wet Stuff ence: security, interactions with He was accepted; she wasn't. packs, dirty green fatigues and caps 2 eggs the evacuees and anything lending bearing a blue globe, implying a 1 1/2 cups of buttermilk Honing his craft on stage, he se- to a greater understanding of the connection with UN forces. We may gued to films where he almost 2 tblspn of melted butter evacuation’s history. have thought of them as friendlies, immediately registered with audi- Whatever you’ve got, I’d appreci- because of those blue globes or, Now, sift the flour, sugar, salt and ences. There was "Cinderella Lib- ate an opportunity to add it to the perhaps only, because we weren‟t both the baking POWDER and erty" in 1973 and, over time, six website. shooting at them. But, were they SODA into one of the bowls and stir more movies with James Caan. In really? They certainly weren‟t any- the concoction up a bit. Then, add- "Chinatown" he did a favor for Frank answered by saying: thing we might consider civilized. ing the raisins and caraway seeds, Jack Nicholson's Jake Gittes.