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   For the homeowner, Arbor Day is an excellent opportunity to take stock of the trees on your property and plan for the future. Inspect your trees. Note any broken branches or evidence of disease or insect infestation. Think about how planting new trees might improve the look of your property or provide wind or heat protection. Take a trip to your local nursery to see what's available and to get new ideas. Walk around your neighbourhood. Are there any public areas where tree planting or tree maintenance might make a real difference to your community? Talk with your neighbours. Find out what their opinions are. And, oh yes, plant a tree.
2. Vietnam Veterans
   Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) is the nation's only congressionally chartered veterans service organization dedicated to the needs of Vietnam-era veterans and their families. VVA's founding principle is "Never again will one generation of veterans abandon another."
3. Vietnam Veterans -- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
   The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is one of the newer additions to the National Mall and is a powerful place to visit. The Memorial is comprised of three distinct sections: "The Wall," the Three Service Men Statue, and the Women in Service to the Vietnam War Statue. The purpose of this memorial according to the National Park's Service which maintains the entire National Mall is "to separate the issue of the sacrifices of the veterans from the U.S. policy in the war, thereby creating a venue for reconciliation."
4. Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
   The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is continuing to monitor the situation and has offered its help to both NPS and the Park Police. It has contacted the stoneworkers who work on The Wall to get their expert advice.
5. Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
   The Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall-USA) is an on-line Vietnam War memorial. It was started in 1996 by the veteran Alan Oskvarek who became disabled in the Vietnam War. It is now run by unpaid volunteers of the 4th Battalion 9th Infantry Regiment Manchu (Vietnam) Association on a not-for-profit bases, and is supported by voluntary contributions. It uses the U.S.A. government's official database. The website has a search facility for names on the granite panels on the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington DC, USA. In 2006 the website reported at total of over 65,000 remembrances and photographs.
6. Vietnam Veterans -- Vietnam War
   Many veterans described feelings of relief upon leaving Vietnam, mixed with a sense of dissociation from American society when they returned. By the late 1960s, a youth counterculture had transformed American society; some of the young people coming home from Vietnam could not relate to their civilian peers, although others embraced aspects of the counterculture, including its fashions, music, and drugs. Most veterans returned home singly or in small groups; they were not welcomed with parades, but neither, contrary to popular assumptions, were the majority of World War II and Korean War veterans. For wounded and disabled veterans, the homecoming was even more difficult. Veterans' hospitals did not always provide adequate treatment. Returnees were well aware that Americans were divided over the war, with growing numbers opposing it as troop deployments and casualties escalated and reports of atrocities and government deceptions circulated.
7. Vietnam Veterans -- Civil War
   Washington, DC -- The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is greatly troubled by the arrest in Vietnam of Le Quoc Quan. Le Quoc Quan, a lawyer, has recently been in residence at NED on a congressionally-funded Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellowship, pursuing independent research on the role of civil society in emerging democracies. He was arrested on March 8 in his hometown in Nghe An province, only 4 days after his return from Washington to Vietnam. At this time, Le Quoc Quan's whereabouts are unknown, and there are no public charges against him.
8. Vietnam Veterans -- John Kerry
   A group of Vietnam veterans running commercials against Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said it received legal advice from an attorney who works for President George W. Bush's re-election campaign. What a Coinky Dink!
9. Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- Missing
   The Vietnam Veterans of Southern Minnesota decided in 1986 to erect a monument to their comrades who died in combat in Vietnam. The setting of the memorial is significant: Corporal George Stoltzman was the first man from this area to die in Vietnam. The street is named after him. A local artist, Tom Maegher Miller, created the monument, based on input from the veterans' group. Vetter Stone delivered an eight ton block of Kasota stone to the farm where Tom carved his last statue.
10. Va Home Loan -- Veterans
    Simply put, a VA Home Loan allows qualified buyers the opportunity to purchase a home with no down payment. There are ... no monthly mortgage insurance premiums to pay, limitations on buyer's closing costs, and an appraisal that informs the buyer of the property value. For most loans on new houses, construction is inspected at appropriate stages and a one-year warranty is required from the builder. VA also performs personal loan servicing and offers financial counseling to help veteranshaving temporary financial difficulties.

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