Iron County Record | 1953-06-11 | Page 3 | What to Do-and When About Veteran Benefits Told by V A

What to do-and When About Veteran Benefits Told by V A Veterans Administration reminds re-minds Korean veterans returning to civilian life that most, if not all, veterans' benefits require action ac-tion on their part to start the ball rolling. The American people, through Congress, has granted the veteran vet-eran a number of benefits to help him became rehabilitated and get a start, but the veteran must make application for these benefits. They are not automatic. automa-tic. Just under two million veterans veter-ans have returned to civilian life since the start of the Korean Ko-rean conflict, June 27, 1950, and the discharge rate at the present time Is approximately 100,000 a month, VA said. These figures include veterans with Korean service who also had served in World War II. and those who had no previous service. To give these recently-discharged veterans prompt and accurate ac-curate information, here's a handy han-dy check-list, that might be entitled: en-titled: "What to do and when." First, VA says, the veteran sh'ould immediately get photostatic photo-static copies made of his discharge dis-charge or separation papers. He can get handy, wallet-size copies. cop-ies. He should put that original away In a safe place, because some day, he will have to pro- duce it. In fact, VA explains, it will have to be produced in making application for some benefits. ben-efits. The second reminder concerns GI Insurance. The indemnity protection pro-tection provided the veteran while he was in service covers him for 120 days following his discharge. If he wants Ol insurance insur-ance he "must" apply for it and get his first premium into the VA before the expiration of that 120 days. For education and training benefits under the Korean GI Bill, able-bodied veterans must start by Aug. 20, 1954, or within two years following their separation sep-aration or release from service, whichever is later. The veteran may train in universities, uni-versities, colleges, high schools, grade schools, trade schools, vocational vo-cational schools and business schools, on-the-job or on-the-farm. At the present time, there Is no deadline for Korean veterans who are disabled and eligible for vocational training to get started start-ed in their training. These vet-el vet-el ans have nine year from the end of the present emergency in which to apply. Vpterans of World War II who have also had service during the Korean conflict and had not used their loan guaranty benefits, will have 10 years from the end of the present emergency, also, in which to apply for a GI loan.' The deadline for World War II veterans without Korean service is July 23, 1957.