Tuesday, November 13, 2012

MILITARY - Lost Records = Uphill Fight for Benefits

"Veterans Face Uphill Battle for Benefits When Field Records Are Lost, Destroyed" PBS Newshour 11/12/2012

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SUMMARY: "History is the last thing we care about during war, and the last thing we think about when we get home," says ProPublica's Peter Sleeth, who talks to Jeffrey Brown about the challenges facing veterans who need access to benefits but whose records have been wiped out.

JEFFREY BROWN (Newshour): According to a new report by the nonprofit online news organization ProPublica and The Seattle times, the U.S. government sometimes has no official record that men and women actually served overseas.

It sounds unlikely, but an investigation by the two news organizations revealed that millions of U.S. military field records have been lost or destroyed.

For more on the report and what it means for veterans, I'm joined by ProPublica journalist Peter Sleeth.


Full ProPublica report

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