23 Serp 05

I am trying to have my negative opinion heard about the medical and dental insurance only going for 3 years for active duty soldiers surviving family members. I am trying to get enough interest from Senators and Congress to have it changed as I have discovered most other countries provide lifetime medical and dental for surviving family members and I am hoping to shame some of the US guys into getting behind a change. What I need is something written on a web page or manual that details benefits for Australian soldiers families in the event of a KIA status. One thing I truly believe is that the children should at least be covered until the end of schooling at least.....If you could help me I would appreciate it.

Corey Shanaberger
Very Proud Wife of SFC Wentz J. H. Shanaberger III
KIA in Iraq,
March 24th, 2004
"Freedom isn't Free"

07 May 05

Hi Some years ago, I brought a matter to the attention of U.S. vets, and the matter was largely ignored because of the intervention of an Australian veteran "leader", Frank Grady. The matter concerned a local council at hell harbour that refused to allow six vets a plaque at a ground where we'd planted more than 230 trees as a living "commemorative walk". I was vilified by the general manager of that Council- Brian Weir, and a lot of vets decided not to buy into the matter, because it was difficult to know all the facts. I have now placed all the correspondence on the web at my site, so that all veterans can see for themselves what gutless bureaucracy is capable of- and how vets themselves can destroy a fellow vet. The site is http://www.members.tripod.com/warvet_69/ or "The Perspective of the Baggy-Arse Infantryman" -the view of an Australian infantryman and was wounded in action.