Disability Compensation

I have talked to many Ex-POWs who still are not rated at 100% permanent, many have the unemployability rating at 100%. Those rated at 100% permanent and whose other disabilities add up to at least 60% automatically receive “House Bound.” This means additional dollars in your VA Check. For an Ex-POW, including an allowance for the wife, his check would be for $3062.00. This will increase by 5.8%...
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How to Avoid Probate

A POW friend of mine who lived in Florida passed to Glory and his wife is now going through Probate. Probate can take up to 3 years and cost 10% of more of the estate. So it is common sense to avoid Probate if at all possible. How can one do this? First of all have a will drawn up. Husband and Wife can draw up their own will if you prefer. We do not know who will pass first. I suggest you get...
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June 2013

On 11 April 2013, a long journey came to an end.  Capt/Chaplain/Father Emil J. Kapaun [Hq/8 Cavalry, POW 2 November 1950, death reported on 23 May 1951] posthumously received his Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama.  Nine surviving POWs who had known him were there, alphabetically: Gerald “Bob” Cavagnaro, Richard A. Caverly, Ray Michael Dowe, Jr. Robert L. McGreevy, Herbert A. Miller, Joe...
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March 2013

I’ve often been asked, how many men were Prisoners of War (POWs) during the Korean War?  I don’t know exactly, and this story is worth telling.  Government figures are quite good, and the number most often seen is 7140.  It takes in 2701 men who died as POWs, 4418 who returned alive, and 21 who refused to come home.  Those who came back alive include Little Switch and Big Switch,...
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June 2012

More of us are using home computers, or even “smart” hand-helds, so here is an updated list of POW camps we’ve spoken about.  You can enter latitude and longitude from the right-hand column in Google Maps, go to satellite mode, and zoom in.  WGS-84 is today’s international map system.  A few comments follow: Camp Context Used WGS-84 for Google Kosan pre-Apex Oct 1950 126 08 00 E, 41 02 45 N...
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