Veterans Newsletter - June, 2022
Veterans Newsletter - June, 2022
Summer is here ! We had 59 phone Calls into my office. I also had 11 veterans come into my office to file claims. We also took 7 veteran to VA hospitals , 3 to Roudebush Hospital, 2 to Brownsburg VA and 2 to Danville VA Hospital.
Force Construction Co. is hiring thru union halls: Labors Local #741, 2905 State Street, Ste. B, Columbus, In 47201 Phone 812-372-2211; Cement Mason Local # 692, Area 821. 3205 E. Thompson Rd., Indianapolis, In 46227; Phone 317-416-0051.
IKORCC Local 301, 771 Greenwood Springs DR. Greenwood, In 46143, 317-807-5722.
Just as a reminder Your VFW 1431 117 North Water Street, Crawfordsville, In has American Flags for sale from Wednesday thru Saturday and the phone is 765-364-0937, or the American Legion Post 72 at 101 Walter Remley Dr. Phone 765-362-9921 open Monday – Saturday .
I will be at the American Legion Post 72 on June 9th from 1-4pm and at the VFW 1431 on the 23rd from 1-4 pm. Anyone can come into either the American Legion Post 72 or VFW 1431 and you don’t have to be a member of either place. Call me ahead for an appointment at 765-401-4133
Congress awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to the Surviving Merchant Marine.
After nearly 30 years of trying to prove a theory it has been done. That Dr. Robert Haley has proven that a toxin has proven that Sarin gas was the cause of the sickness of roughly 250,000 troops from the 1990-91 Gulf War. Following the Gulf War nearly one –third of those that deployed came down with unexplained rashes, fatigue, gastrointestinal and digestive issues and brain “fog’, neuropathy, and muscle and joint pain. Federal agencies spent years trying to prove or disprove why they had these disorders.
Stay Safe,
Joe Ellis, VA Officer