College scholarships for children of fallen veterans

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College scholarships for children of fallen veterans

By Maria Recio | McClatchy Newspapers


WASHINGTON — When Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Texas, first met the three young children of fallen Marine Gunnery Sgt. John David Fry during a tearful Veterans’ Day tribute in Waco in 2007, he was haunted by their father's story.

With only a week left in his Iraq tour in 2006, Fry, 28, had volunteered to go on one last run to defuse bombs — and the last bomb killed him.

After another emotional meeting last March with the family at the dedication of the post office in Fry’s honor in his hometown of Lorena, Texas, the lawmaker realized there was something else he needed to do – provide for the college education of the children of military heroes.

So, in a major increase in GI benefits, Edwards inserted a provision in the supplemental appropriations bill that the House and Senate approved this week – the president is expected to sign it shortly - which gives full GI education benefits to children of active duty military service men and women who died since 9/11/2001.

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[Dappleganger]

1. Good.

[Cid_B]

2. I want something interesting named after me...

if I go boom.

Haven't found just the right thing but the requirements are that it has to be at least mildly amusing and around for at least another 100 years or so.

The LT Cid_B RFID interrogator post... Meh.. Ill keep thinking.