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God Bless Everyone with a Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year Captain Mary J. Oberst — A.N.C. Season’s Greetings and Good Health to All of Our Friends in ADBC Dorothy Oestreich We Wish All Our Friends A Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year Mary Oleksa and Family Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year Margaret Petak Good Health and Happiness in the Year “2006” Ted and Marvella Provost Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to All Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Padilla Love, Good Health and “Season’s Greetings” Doris Perez and Family Season’s Greetings and Best Wishes to All Jean Pruitt and Family Very Best — Holy and Happy, Holiday Season Dorothy Patrizio A Blessed Christmas 2005 to You and Yours Audrey and Fr. Bob Phillips “Christmas Blessings and a Happy New Year” In Memory of John S. Matulewicz (803 Eng.) Eleanor and Edward Pessolana “Peace” and the Blessings of “Good Health and Joy at this Blessed Holy Season” Elizabeth M. Peace Widow of David Peace, Jr. 803rd Engineers Co. “C” 12 — THE QUAN “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to All” Elizabeth and Robert D. Rosendahl “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to All” Paul V. Rouse — Co. 803rd Eng. Best Wishes for a Happy Holiday Season Bertha Ray Best Wishes and God Bless Everyone Nicki and Paul Reuter Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to 803rd Meda Rutz Wishing All the Members of ADBC a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Joyce and P/N/C Melvin Routt Happy-Healthy Holiday Season Camille Romanzo We Wish All a Very Merry Christmas and the Happiest New Year Anna and Carl Ray “Happy Holidays” Josie and Gil Soifer My Prayer for All “A Blessed Christmas and Peace for the New Year” P/N/C Al Senna To All Our Ex-POW Friends a Blessed Christmas and Health and Happiness Through the New Year Commander Agapito E. and Socorro Silva Merry Christmas and Healthful New Year Fern Theriac “Season’s Greetings and May God Bless the New Year” Marj Taylor (Ralph’s wife) Happy Holiday Season to “All My Friends” Janye Troy Holiday Greetings to All Our Friends and the Canadian Hong Kong POW Pat Urban “Season’s Greetings” Bob and Berni Vogler A Blessed Christmas and A Peaceful, Healthy New Year to All Helen and P/N/C Joe Vater A Blessed Christmas and Healthy New Year to All Irene Wonneman and Family We Wish All a Blessed Holiday Season Brocky Wright and Family Season’s Greetings and Best Wishes for a Healthy New Year Alice Ward and Family Peace and Joy to All Helen and P/N/C Hank Wilayto Happy Holidays to All Our Friends in ADBC Elsie Wheeler Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All Wesley and Irene Wells Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All Dorothy Wells Holiday Greetings and Best Wishes to All Stella and John Yale Co. C 31st Inf. Merry Christmas and Happy 2006 to All Genevieve and Milton Young F F F F F
60 Years Later: World War II and the “Ruptured Duck” By Major Micki Sotta In today’s world, a ruptured duck might sound like a broken cartoon character, but World War II veterans and their families know the “Ruptured Duck” as a badge of service and honor which represents a job well done. The Honorable Service Lapel Pin, affectionately nicknamed by returning GI’s as the “Ruptured Duck” pin, was issued to every World War II service member honorably discharged between September 1939 and December 1946. The small badge was earned by more than 12 million Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, Coast Guardsmen and Merchant Mariners who returned to civilian life after WWII. Young men and women who served during World War II are now in their 80s and 90s. Accordingly, the Department of Defense is hosting an event honoring all World War II veterans, family members and homefront workers for their outstanding service and sacrifice. The ceremony was held on Friday evening, September 2 at 7 p.m. at the World War II Memorial, located on the National Mall. 60 years prior, on September 2, 1945 Japan surrendered, bringing WWII to an end. During the ceremony on September 2, all military services and the Merchant Marines were represented and honored for their service. Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and WWII veteran, General John Vessey, shared his thoughts on the “greatest generation”. There was music, fireworks and a live performance by the Liberty Belles, a USO 1940s-style show. Seating, including disabled access, accommodated more than 6,000 attendees. The event was free, open to the public and tickets or advance reservations were not required. Additionally, all WWII veterans attending were presented with an authentic Honorable Service Lapel pin, or “Ruptured Duck” pin to thank them again for their service to their country. The origins of the term, “Ruptured Duck” are unknown, but the prevailing theory is service personnel thought the eagle looked more like a duck and, because it meant they were going home, the popular saying was, “They took off like a Ruptured Duck,” hence the nickname. The “Ruptured Duck” initially had to be made out of plastic because all brass available in the country was restricted to war-time needs only. Unfortunately, the blue plastic pin could not be seen against a blue suit jacket so it was adjusted to gold-plated plastic. Later, when metal restrictions were lifted, the button was produced in goldplated brass. As veterans earned their “Ruptured Duck” pin and returned home, they found American textile manufacturing completely geared toward making uniforms and other service-related items, causing a significant clothing shortage, which today is hard to imagine. The pin, when worn on uniforms above the right shirt pocket, allowed an honorably discharged service person to continue to wear their uniform for up to thirty days in recognition of this shortage. The badge also showed patrolling Military Police that the individual was honorably discharged or in transit and not absent without leave (AWOL). “Ruptured Ducks” can be found all over the world and, in 1998, a “Ruptured Duck” took a trip to the heavens. On April 17, 1998, the Space Shuttle Columbia launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with a ruptured duck pin owned by Mr. Wilfred Kelly aboard. Mr. Kelly joined the United States Coast Guard in July of 1942 as an Electrician's Mate Second Class and served aboard the USS Gloucester, until he was honorably discharged in 1946. Space Shuttle Commander Richard Searfoss agreed to carry the pin in his personal effects bag. Upon the shuttle’s return, the pin was given back to Mr. Kelly’s family as a lasting memorial to Mr. Kelly’s World War II service. The Department of Defense established the World War II 60th Anniversary Commemoration Committee, headquartered in Washington, D.C., to commemorate the service of veterans of World War II and the entire “greatest generation”. The Committee has sponsored events throughout the United States in places such as Tampa, San Antonio, San Diego, Boston, Chicago and Vancouver, Wash. Event specifics and WWII educational information can be found at www.60wwii.mil or by calling the Committee at 877-868-2058. Major Micki Sotta, United States Army, is a public affairs officer for the World War II 60th Anniversary Commemoration Committee, in Washington, D.C. You can reach her at 703-588-7630 or at Micki.Sotta@hqda.army.mil. Telemedicine: Bringing VA Health Care Closer to the Veteran Advancements in technology have brought many positive changes to health care. One of these advancements is telemedicine, which is now being used by VA Stars & Stripes Healthcare Network facilities to make health care more easily available to veterans. Telemedicine is simply “using electronics and technology to provide health care,” according to Tom Patts, tele - medicine and telehealth coordinator for the VA medical center in Wilkes-Barre. Here’s how it works: A health care provider at one facility and a patient at another talk with each other face-to-face using video equipment. “It’s live, not taped,” says Patts, “and it’s designed to be confidential and secure.” An example is the telesleep clinic at the Erie VA Medical Center (VAMC). Erie patients with sleep disorders have an initial appointment with a health care provider at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. Follow-up visits are done at the Erie VAMC using telemedicine. Jean Spires, RN and team leader for specialty clinics at the Erie VAMC, says that in addition to the sleep disorders clinic, telemedicine also plays a large part in Erie’s behavioral health program. “Telemedicine is a wonderful tool,” she says. “Patients like it because of the easy access.” In addition to being used between medical centers, telemedicine is also a tool for medical centers and their communitybased outpatient clinics (CBOCs). In the area served by the Wilkes-Barre VAMC, for instance, some patients live as far as a three-hour-drive away from the medical center, but only a few miles from a CBOC. To save patients the time, distance, and stress of excess travel, telemedicine is used between the CBOCs and the medical center in Wilkes-Barre, and even between the CBOCs themselves. There are several benefits to telemedicine. Veterans are able to reduce the distance they drive to appointments, saving time and, during the winter months, avoiding risky travel. It also allows health care providers to see more patients, reducing the time that a veteran must wait to schedule an appointment. According to Patts, telemedicine is also reducing the number of “no shows” — appointments missed by veterans, sometimes because of travel difficulties. While it has mainly been used in specialty clinics, telemedicine has also taken place in some other areas, such as occupational therapy, nutrition, and pharmacy education. To learn more about the availability of telemedicine, talk to your VA primary care provider. NOVEMBER-DECEMBER, 2005 — 13
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