Show d SERVICE BUREAU EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE This newspaper through special sp cial arrangement with vide the tIle Washington Bureau Dureau of oj Western JT Newspaper Union at 1616 Eye Street N. N W. W Washing Washington ton D. D C. C is able to bring readers this weekly column on problems pro lems of lJ the veteran vet ran and serviceman and his hu family Questions may be addressed to the tIle above Bureau Dureau and am they will ivill be answered in a subsequent col cot No replies can be made direct by mail but bit only in the column which will appear in n this newspaper regularly New Vet Hospitals President Truman has approved the construction of three new vet vet- veterans veterans' veterans veterans' veterans veterans' erans' erans hospitals and the transfer of the site of another to immediately expand the VA medical service ac ac- according according ac- ac according cording to an announcement by Gen Omar N. N Bradley veterans' veterans admin admin- The site for a tumor clinic of beds at Hines Ill III has been trans trans- transferred transferred transferred to a site adjacent to North North- Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern western university at Chicago so as asto asto asto to be in proximity to the medical school New hospitals authorized are a bed general medical and surgical hospital in Indianapolis for eventual expansion to 1000 beds construction construction construction tion of a bed 1000 general and sur sur- surgical surgical surgical hospital in Boston and a new bed general medical and surgical surgical surgical cal hospital in Omaha near the Nebraska medical school I Since Pearl Harbor more than World War II veterans veter ns have been admitted to veterans' veterans hospitals more than a third of these treated for service incurred disabilities Seven S ven per cent are disabled from tuberculosis 23 per cent from psychiatric conditions and 70 per percent percent percent I cent from general medical and surgical surgical surgical cal disablements Questions and Answers Q I would greatly appreciate if you would aid me in getting information information mation about my husband who was reported missing in action on Leyte from November 9 1944 19 until February 5 1945 1915 when he was final final- finally finally finally ly reported killed in action I have received no details from the govern govern- government government government ment as to what actually happened and I have not received any of his personal effects so far Also pack pack- packages packages packages ages mailed to him after his death have not been returned I thought if you would insert this question in your Veterans' Veterans Service Bureau col col- column column column I might possibly be able to get some details from a veteran who happened to have gone through the action on Leyte and would know my mj husband He was Ross I. I Sens baugh Company C. C Infantry Mrs Moema 2715 street St. St Joseph 38 Mo Io A. A I would suggest that you write a letter addressed to the command command- commanding ing officer of his company and also a letter to Casualty branch Adjutant Adjutant Adjutant tant Generals General's office War depart depart- department department department ment Washington 25 D. D C. C And I hope that some veteran will reat read your question and write to you Q As we are parents of a son who served in World War I and as we are Gold Star parents would like to be informed how to go about re re- receiving receiving re- re receiving a pension pension l Mrs R. R A. A W. W Tannersville N. N Y A. A Write or go to Veterans' Veterans ad ad- administration administration administration ministration unit office at Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie or office at Albany Q I would like to know why some I young men in the service can ge get out on 4 months service and some I Ion on 8 months while others are in 3 and 4 years and still serving Miss l Miss E. E II H. Gayville S. S D. D D.A. D.A. D.A. A. A Some get out in less than two months as a matter of fact mostly due to disability for physical ail ail- ment Q Q- My l son has been in the army since September 11 11 1944 am and overseas for over a year with the division and now with the military government in Japan We need him on our farm because our year old son cant can't carry the increased spring work alone and my husband and I cant can't do any more than we are doing Is there any pos pos- possible possible possible sible way to get our soldier sons son's release for his much needed help at home Mrs R. R E. E II H. Isa Isa- quah Wash A. A There are a good many thou thou- thousands thousands thousands sands in your position but there are still many thousand men in the service service service ice much more eligible for release than your son However if he can make out a hardship case he should apply to his commanding c officer for fora a release on those grounds Q I entered the army in April 1942 1912 My Iy father died and I was discharged August 20 I remained in four and a half months Can I gei geithe get the Bill of Rights A A Worried Farmer Bowman Ga A. A If you received an honorable discharge and had at least 90 days of active service you are entitled to benefits of the GI bill Q My son died in Germany Janu Janu- January January January ary 5 1916 We IVe want his body boly brought back to the USA and to have this done who should we get gel gelin in contact with Will we have to bear any of the expense and do you have any idea when our boys' boys bod bed bodies bodies ies les will be brought home Mrs E. E C. C R. R Sanger Texas A. A Legislation is now before con con- congress congress gress gr ss providing for Jor an appropriation appropriatIon appropriation and method of bringing the bodies of American soldiers sailors and marines interred in military cemeteries abroad to this coun coun- try |