Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-12-29

an arm may still be a competent
salesman, craftsman or lawyer.
These are few of the jobs open to
the disabled veteran.
A vice president of General Mo-
tors said in memorandum to de-
partment heads that once disabled
veteran is properly placed on job
he is no longer considered disabled.
Ordinarily you wouldn't think Of
badly disabled man as a construc-
ton worker.
Orlando A. Milano Of Erie, Pa,
was seriously wounded by the ex-
plosion of land mine in Germany
during World War II. Outside of the
two men who lost both arms and
both legs, he was about as badly
disabled as any living veteran.
He was totally blind. His left arm
was amputated at the elbow. His
right hand was badly mutilated. And
he suffered slight loss of hearing.
An Outstanding Case
But there was the magic of reha-
bilitation! Milano was assigned to
a convalescent hospital for blinded
veterans for social and pre-voca-
tional training All the time he was
planning what he was going to do
when he got his discharge. His
father had died while he was in the
service and there was no one but
him to carry on the Milano Con-
struction Company of Erie.
On his discharge, through the
war assets administration, local
manufacturers and his own ag-
gressiveness he acquired equip
ment which included heavy duty
trucks and shovels and other
things necessary to his plan.
Today he is successful in a high
ly competitive field and the hard
work connected with running
this business does not bother
him.
And there is the case of Louis A.
Miller of Louisville, Kentucky. He
was wounded when he and the driv-
er of his armed jeep broke through
a stubborn roadblock in Germany.
The driver was killed and Miller
was left for dead. He was wounded
in the back, neck and head by ma
chinegun bullets. He was uncon-
scious fifteen days.
Although an operation was per-
formed on his brain there were no
hopes for his recovery. Surgeons
labelled him as museum Of
pathology" Even later when he was
able to sit up doctors predicted
he would spend the rest of his life
in wheelchair. He was paralyzed
on his left side and he lost his pow
er of speech. But Miller was deter
mined to fight back to normally.
He began to try to walk and began
to try to sing with the radio. Soon
he was walking and then he was
talking On his discharge he took an
extension course in the University
of Louisville where he studied adj
vertising, tipping and business ad-
ministration. Then he went with the
Kentucky department of agriculture.
He is now advertising manager for
the Kentucky Electric Coop News.
Compensation Necessary
Thus the man who was left as
alive, fighting the battles of Ken
lucky farmers for better living con-
ditiohs, water, sewage and land con-
servation. He leads a useful and ac-
tive life.
These men are only two ex-
ampIes out of thousands of what
can be accomplished when reha-
Utilization follows definite pat
tern. Actually rehabilitation in
the experience of the DAV is
proper disqualification or treat
ment for the wounded or disabled
veteran. 1t is also fair COM
pensation and pension for his
wartime handicaps.
Compensation, as an aid to reha-
Utilization, is one thing stressed by
the DAV. 1t is considered an impor-
tant part of the adjustment of the
wartime handicapped. Disabled vet
Grams are paid by grateful govern
ment to help them live as normal
a life as possible and become useful
citizens in their communities. Com
pensation is paid each month to off
set, at least in part, the veterans
reduced earning power caused by
his wartime. service-incurred dis
abilities.
Rehabilitation, too, is social re-
adjustment through comradeship
with fellow disabled veterans at
DAV chapter meetings. Further
more, it is legislative protection OF
rights to which the disabled veteran
is justly entitled, and which give