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Quadruple Amputee Veteran Receives New Home
On the morning of Easter Sunday 2009, Army Specialist Brendan Marracco's vehicle was hit by an Explosive Fired Projectile as he returned to his base in Iraq. Two years later and after several surgeries resulting in the amputation of both arms and legs,...
Tags: Health Treatments, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Health, Staten Island (New York City), Veterans Affairs
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Our wounded warriors
Writing your weekly editorial is a pleasure; sometimes I’m sure it is on a topic of immediate interest to The Interior Journal’s readers, other times it is only something I want to interest you in. Regardless, it’s not “news”...Tags: Health Treatments, Health, Explosions, Afghanistan, Memorial Day
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Fort Hood massacre shows how political correctness can kill
The massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, last week has shined a harsh, unremitting light on the hold that "political correctness" has on the American military. There is an eruption of commentary on the appalling results of ignoring disturbing things so as not to...Tags: Fort Hood Shootings (2009), Health, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religion and Belief, Central Intelligence Agency
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Vets with PTSD Learn to Fly Fish
Web ReporterTens of thousands of soldiers are being treated right now for post-traumatic stress disorder. There's no one way to help ease their daily suffering so local groups are thinking of creative ways to help them. One of those organizations is "Project Healing...Tags: Armed Forces, Internists, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Health, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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Wounded vet to get new home in Hillside
Tribune reporterAn Army veteran who lost his legs in a roadside bombing hopes to walk into his new donated home in July. It includes the feature he wanted most of all – an attached garage. After more than a year of fund raising and planning, volunteers in west...Tags: Vehicles, Health, Weather Reports, Weather, Hospitals and Clinics
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5 things to do in D.C. beyond the obvious
WASHINGTON, D.C. — You already know the museums, the monuments and the mall. But there are other sides to our capital that make it a rewarding destination. As much as this is the nation's seat of government, it is a vibrant, international city. Here...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, Health, Mount Vernon, Washington, DC
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Orlyn C. Oestereich
janeth@herald-mail.comOrlyn Oestereich lived the last 21 years of his life in Washington County and was well connected through his involvement in the American Legion. His wife Connie, said few people knew him by his first name, though. Instead, he was known as "The Colonel,"...Tags: Fort Detrick (military base), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Health, Medical Services, Maryland
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Former state American Legion commander Oestereich dies at 83
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comA Boonsboro man who served as the state commander of the American Legion died last week after a brief illness. Orlyn Oestereich, 83, died Saturday at Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown. Oestereich’s wife, Connie, said doctors discovered...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Health, American Legion, Washington, DC, Maryland
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Orlyn C. Oestereich, 83
Retired Col. Orlyn C. Oestereich, 83, of Boonsboro, Md., passed away Saturday, Jan, 1, 2011, at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Md. Born July 21, 1927, in Corsica, S.D., he was the son of Frederick and Dirkie (Berggaker) Oestereich, and the second...Tags: Nebraska, Armed Forces, Health, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Army psychiatrist blamed in Fort Hood shooting rampage
Reporting from Ft. Hood, Texas, Washington and Los Angeles -- An Army psychiatrist who was about to be deployed to Iraq allegedly armed himself with two guns and opened fire Thursday afternoon on the grounds of Ft. Hood, the country's largest military...Tags: Social Issues, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Health, Political Development
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