Fort Harrison Helena Montana

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Originally Posted by r.morrison

Gentlemen: Just to add to Robert's story and Wayne and Terry's input....one of the fellows in Wayne's contribution article, Jim Summerside, was a neighbour of mine growing up. I was brought in a VLA subdivision (Veterans Land Act) in Welland Ontario .... subdivisions that were designed and built for Canadian Veterans coming home from the war. You had to be former serving member of the the Canadian Forces to buy a home there.

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Cheers....Robert

When I came home from the Gulf War - Canada's first shooting war since Korea - I asked about my land grant, housing loan, and other benefits. Crickets. Silence. It was like Veterans Affairs had forgotten how to deal with war veterans in the nearly forty-years since they were asked last time.