Windber veterans to receive new monument
New black granite walls will be built in the Veterans Park in Windber listing the names of those who lost their lives while serving their country. Committee member need help in collecting those names. (Photo by Sandy Wojcik) By SANDY WOJCIK –  Daily American Correspondent If you or your family live or have lived in the Windber area [...]

VA Extends ‘Agent Orange’ Benefits to More Veterans
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Relying on an independent study by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki decided to establish a service-connection for Vietnam Veterans with three specific illnesses based on the latest evidence of an association with the herbicides referred to as Agent Orange. The illnesses affected by the recent decision are B [...]