Browning chief., 1947-06-13
Burial Plans for
World War / Heroes

for burial of bodies of war dead re-
turned from overseas cemeteries,
VA has ruled that it cannot permit
the burial of these war dead in Vet
erans' administration cemeteries
but must restrict these cemeteries
to burials of veterans who die in the
126 VA hospitals.
The war department estimates
that approximately rs per cent of
the 250,000 identified bodies of serv-
icemen who died overseas eventu-
ally will be returned to this country
for final burial
If only small percentage of the
veterans who died overseas were to
be buried in VA cemeteries, these
cemeteries would quickly be filed"
Veterans administration said. VA
contends that it then would not have
room for those veterans who died in
VA hospitals and homes and whose
relatives do not desire burial else
where. VA now has 16 active ceme-
terles, operated in conjunction with
as many hospitals or homes, which
contain space to accommodate ap-
proximately $4,000 more bodies. VA
also has eight inactive cemeteries
where it is caring for 80, 500 graves.
Questions and Ansuers
@. My husband entered the army
on March IA, 1941. Records claim
he was okay except for a deformed
finger. He was discharged on JAN
uary %, 1912. His discharge read
pulmonary tuberculosis, Inactive"
He had his first examination on No.
vember 3, 1912, which read, ga
rounded area of infiltration at the
level of the right third rib in the out
er zone about en- in diameter. I'm
preston: Pulmonary tuberculosis
which may be active" On Janu-
ary 3, 1916, he executed application
for compensation, basing his claim
on lungs and cough and fever, treat
ed at Camp Huben. On April 9,
1946, the agency of original jurisdic-
tion denied service connection. He
died May &c, 1916, in a veterans hos
pital. On May 81, 1916, I executed
application for death compensation.
On July 10, 1916, the agency again
denied service connection for the
cause of death. I appealed and was
turned down. They say the condi-
tion had to be caused or aggravated
by the army. If he took it while in
service, what else would you call it?
He was given "kill or cure" shot
without permission before his dis
charge. 1t seems to me he was in a
critical condition then. Please ad-
wise me what you think about it.
Mrs. J. R. B., Merryville, La.
A. While your husbands case on
the face of it looks as though it
might be service-connected, the rec
ords of the army and Veterans ad-
ministration should tell the story.
And, of course, 1 cannot say what
took place between his discharge in
January, 1912, and his application
for compensation in 1896 1t appears,
however, that your only course of
action is to appeal to the Admins
traitor of Veterans Affairs, Veterans
Administration, Washington, D. c.
He is Gen. Omar Bradley. You should
gather all the evidence you can tend
ing to prove the service connection
of his disease and its subsequent
cause of his death.
@. On the question of the home
loan for war veterans, why are they
required to pay so much for a home?
l know three men with three to six
years service who tried to get a
loan to buy home for their fam
lilies and they have children. They
were told they had to borrow Sc, 100
or they couldn't make the loan.
There is no man working on a salary
who wants to pay $1,000 for a home.
There is not man returning home
but who pays four times the price
for place to live and for food, and
six times the price for clothes and
we all pledged that the price of
living would not 60 above the 1942
price. Isn't there some way to stop
this grating Mrs. C. S. NJ, Tulsa,
Okla.
A. OF course, there is no direct
answer to your question, but many
veterans would be glad to obtain a
home for $1,000. Prices of homes,
food and clothing are determined by
economic factors, one of which was
the ending of price controls by con-
gress.
@. My son has been in the mer.
chant marines about two years now
and he hasn't sent me any money.
am widow and not able to work
so l would like to know if am en-.
titled to an allotment every month?
Mrs. A. R., Hermansville, Mich.
A. Such an arrangement of trans
mitting money to families of men
in the merchant marine is entirely
voluntary on the part of the men.
At the time man signs on in the
merchant marine, he may sign an
authority 10 the company for which
he is employed.