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VOL. 3/ISSUE 6
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014
Santa wears combat boots
Living history
Patrick McCallister FOR VETERAN VOICE
patrick.mccallister@yahoo.com
This is the second year that Veteran Voice has featured not-for-profit stores that benefit veterans during the holidays shopping season. If you know of another on the Treasure or Space coasts, please let us know. Call Patrick McCallister at (772) 486-0940. Santa has something for all the veterans that made the Nice List: the National Navy SEAL Museum Ship Store, Victory Center Military Store and Warbird Museum Gift Shop. “We have over 400 items this year,” Margaret Chase, manager of the SEAL Museum’s Ship Store, said. “We have everything from Suunto watches and Smith Optics to patches and pins.” The Ship Store is at the National Navy UDTSEAL Museum, 3300 N. State Road A1A, North Hutchinson Island, Fort Pierce. Shoppers can head straight to the store without paying admission to the museum, although it has some new exhibits worth a couple hours of holiday-shop-
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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer W.R. ‘Bill’ Scott is presented an American flag that flew over the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., by Rep. Patrick Murphy during a park dedication recognizing Scott’s service to the nation, the state and his community. Scott served as a captain in the U.S. Army in World War II, Florida’s Legislature from ’59-’63 and the attorney for the city of Stuart. The park is located off Ocean Boulevard, where Scott has lived for over 60 years.
Honoring those who’ve died Patrick McCallister FOR VETERAN VOICE
patrick.mccallister@yahoo.com
This is the ninth in a series, Inside the VA, a closer look at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ three functions, the Veterans Health Administration, the Veterans Benefits Administration and the National Cemetery Administration. This week Veteran Voice looks at the National Cemetery Administration. Everyone gets around to dying, even our
nation’s heroes. Burials tell much about the people we are, what’s important to us, and how we identify ourselves. The men and women who’ve been in the United States military can choose to spend their eternities with those they served alongside. “So many people don’t know they’re eligible,” Kristen Parker, spokeswoman at the National Cemetery Administration, said. “So many people don’t know about the 131
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