If You Serve You Deserve D uring the sweltering summer of 1932, sixty-six years ago, a group of courageous young veterans and their financially strapped families organized and led the first 'Million Man' March on Washington. No Nation had before disappointed its victorious defenders by saying no to a life-saving request. Disease, depression, social denial and rejection. Few veterans succeed in rising to an equal level of their age-peers. Hundreds of veterans commit suicide from depression and rejection.
Thousands more drown themselves in substance abuse or engage in self-defeating anger and bitterness.
Memorial Day is May 31st. Congressional Visit Day is June 1st. All vets going to Washington DC this year should pre-schedule visits to their State Delegation offices to discuss the needs of veterans and the need to ensure sufficient defense manpower over the next generation. Stay an extra day. Meet with your state's House and Senate staff.