... into the illnesses suffered by survivors of nuclear tests carried out in Australia. For more about atomic test vets, use the VA ... into the illnesses suffered by survivors of nuclear tests carried out in Australia. About 20,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen are ... carried out in the Monte Bellos off the WA coast, South Australia, the United States and South Pacific between 1952 and 1967 ... the 12 atomic blasts conducted at Emu Field and Maralinga in South Australia and at the Monte Bello Islands off the West Australian coast ... into the illnesses suffered by survivors of nuclear tests carried out in Australia. VA,Veteran,Veterans,Disability,Injury,... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfoct08/nf102808-3.htm
... MINISTER APOLOGIZES TO VIETNAM VETERANS -- Australia was slow to recognize the psychological strain ...------- Australia PM apologizes to Vietnam vets THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia -- Prime Minister John Howard on Friday apologized to Australia's Vietnam War veterans for the ... involving Australians in Vietnam, Howard said Australia was slow to recognize the psychological strain ... the Vietnam War memorial in Canberra. Australia was "not as grateful and respectful ... On Thursday, Howard told Parliament that Australia had failed to support its Vietnam veterans ...." Commemoration ceremonies were held across Australia Friday to mark four decades since the... http://www.vawatchdog.org/old newsflashes AUG 06/newsflash08-20-2006-7.htm
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... service and bring Veterans Day home to all American citizens." Celebration based on Australia/New Zealand ANZAC Day. OK folks, get ready to wear those ... the ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) Day ceremonies in Sydney, Australia. ANZAC Day is the most important national holiday in Australia, a combination of Memorial Day and Veterans Day. It was established to commemorate .... During recent international travel, Secretary Nicholson became aware of a similar tradition in Australia and New Zealand. In observing the annual April 25 holiday in those countries... http://www.vawatchdog.org/nfNOV06/nf111106-5.htm
... service and bring Veterans Day home to all American citizens." Celebration based on Australia/New Zealand ANZAC Day. OK folks, get ready to wear those ... the ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) Day ceremonies in Sydney, Australia. ANZAC Day is the most important national holiday in Australia, a combination of Memorial Day and Veterans Day. It was established to commemorate .... During recent international travel, Secretary Nicholson became aware of a similar tradition in Australia and New Zealand. In observing the annual April 25 holiday in those countries... http://www.vawatchdog.org/old newsflashes OCT 06/newsflash10-27-2006-1.htm
..., 2006 MORE than 50 Australian soldiers have been discharged for mental health reasons after serving in Iraq. While Australia's official casualty list from the war on terror remains small compared with other coalition nations, the ..." of them being diagnosed with mental conditions. He blamed the changing nature of peacekeeping and peacemaking operations that Australia was taking part in. "Success in fighting mental health problems is not as great as we would .... "We lived, slept and breathed a highly stressful environment for six months. When I returned to Australia I was driving down the road looking for the bad guys you start to realise how close to death... http://www.vawatchdog.org/old newsflashes MAY 06/newsflash05-20-2006-4.htm
... were then ordered to sail through a radioactive cloud at the Monte Bello islands, off the West coast of Australia. That year he saw detonations on May 16 and on June 19 as part of a secret mission ....' In fact, the H-bomb that Stan witnessed was the highest yield test ever conducted in Australia. Since the test yield broke an assurance made personally by Britain's then PM Anthony Eden to PM Robert Menzies of Australia that the yield would not exceed 62 kilotons, the true yield was concealed until 1984. For 13 hours... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfJAN08/nf012108-5.htm
... below: Watch the latest videos on Youtube.com Richard A. Bryant, Ph.D., of the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, and colleagues conducted a randomized controlled trial involving 90 patients who developed acute stress disorder following a non-sexual assault or motor vehicle crash between March 2002 ....jamamedia.org .) Editor's Note: This research was supported by a grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council Program, Canberra, Australia. Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, financial disclosures, funding and support, etc. --... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfJUN08/nf060308-3.htm
... wars this world has ever seen." Dejonge knows of only 10 living veterans worldwide who fought during World War I. Four live in Britain, two in Australia, two in France and two in the United States: Buckles and 108-year-old John Babcock of Spokane, Washington, who served with Canadian ... aging vets. "I have an incredibly supportive wife," he said. He is trying to find money and time to take pictures of two vets in Australia and two in France, he said. And he would love to check out unconfirmed reports of an elderly man in the Ukraine who says he served with... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfnov08/nf111208-5.htm
...60s has found their incidence of cancer 23 per cent higher than the general population. The British nuclear tests were carried out on the Monte Bello islands off Western Australia, and at Maralinga and Emu Field in South Australia between 1952 and 1963. The Department of Veterans Affairs agreed to carry out a study into the cancer incidence and mortality among former defence personnel who were exposed more... http://www.vawatchdog.org/old newsflashes APR 06/newsflash04-27-2006-2.htm
...? Try the VA Watchdog dot Org Search Engine. QUILTS OF VALOR HELP COMFORT THE WOUNDED -- Quilters from all over the country and as far away as Australia have made and sent quilts. Story here... http://www.pal-item.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ ... to military hospitals with the request that they be given to a service member wounded in the war. Quilters from all over the country and as far away as Australia have made and sent quilts. Chaplain (Maj.) John Kallerson was contacted in 2003 by Roberts. He recently had become a chaplain clinician at the... http://www.vawatchdog.org/old newsflashes JUN 06/newsflash06-26-2006-2.htm
