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Show (Send your questions about the armed forces or any aspect of military service to: Walter Shcad, Armed Services Serv-ices Question Box, 1057 National Press Building, Washington 4, D. C, Answers An-swers will be given in this column.) The Navy Department has granted funds to 10 universities and medical schools to carry out a new program of research on "flash" burns which might result from exposure ex-posure to an atom blast. During World War II a high percentage of shipboard casualties were burns of the flash type, and burns also took a high toll of the victims of the atom bomb blasts in Japan. It is hoped that new means of protecting military mili-tary and civilian personnel from burn injuries will emerge from this research. The Department of the Army has announced that the 28th Infantry Division, known as the Keystone Division, Pennsylvania, and the 43rd Division, a National Guard division composed principally of personnel from Rhode Island, Connecticut, and "Vermont, have been alerted for movement to the European command com-mand in the fall. The Air Force clothing sales freeze which has limited airmen to about 70 per cent of their clothing allotment and banned sales to officers offi-cers has been lifted on men's clothing cloth-ing but will continue on WAF clothing, the Air Force has said. .Removal of the limitations on male clothing will permit both officers and airmen to buy all their required clothing items. Q. May I, under the Gl Bill, take institutional on-farm training train-ing on a part-time basis, such as one day a week? B.r.G., Cairo, Ga. A. No. One of the provisions ol the law which set up the program is that the training must be of such a nature that it takes up the full time of the veteran-trainee. Q. Is there a time limit for filing claims for funeral expenses for a deceased veteran who served after the outbreak of the Korean hostilities? N.C.M., Ackerman, Miss. A. Yes. Claims must be filed with the VA within two years from the date of permanent burial. Q. I was just discharged from service, having served in World War II and remained on active duty afterwards. Am I eligible for readjustment alloivances for unemployment, un-employment, or has that Gl Bill benefit already expired? J.A.H., Deerfield, III. A. For most veterans, no payments pay-ments may be made for any week which begins later than July 25, 1952. However, you may still be eligible for unemployment allowances allow-ances if you are available for suitable suit-able work, are able to work, and register with a public employment office and meet other requirements as to service and discharge. Q. May I renew my NSLl term policy for an additional term period, pe-riod, at my attained age, or does the new "free insurance" law prevent pre-vent me from doing so? W.G.S., Searing, N. Dak. A. The insurance may be renewed re-newed for an additional term period provided you do so before your insurance in-surance expires. Once it expires, it may not be renewed. |
