The Torrance, Carson and Harbor EDD
(State of California Employment Development Department)
One-Stop Career Centers, are seeking Veterans who are interested in working part-time under the VA Work Study Program.
The work entails assisting the EDD Veteran Staff in providing Job Services and other assistance to Veterans.
They work for the Department of Veterans Affairs, under the direction of EDD, to provide Employment and Training Services to Veterans and other eligible persons.

The program offers opportunities for Part-Time Employment, taking into consideration your school schedule hours.
You may also work during, or between, periods of school enrollment.
To be eligible, you must be a student and enrolled at a rate of 3/4 time, or greater, under the:
Montgomery GI Bill - Active Duty (Chapter 30),
the Vocational Rehabilitation Program (Chapter 31),
the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program (Chapter 32),
or the Dependents' Educational Assistance Program (Chapter 35) of Title 38, United States Code.

(Chapter 35 dependents may only participate while enrolled in a school in a State.)
Additionally, students enrolled at a rate of 3/4 time or greater under the Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve (Chapter 106) of Title 10, United States Code, qualify for participation in the Work-Study Allowance Program.

Contact:

Teo Babar,
Local Veteran Employment Representative of the Torrance, Carson and Harbor EDD/One-Stop Career Centers at:

(310) 782-2127 for application/information.

CH-53 Bugler and Vice President

MEMORIAL IN HERMOSA BEACH CALIFORNIA

Directions to the Hermosa Beach Veterans Memorial, located at the corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Pier Avenue, in Hermosa Beach.

Take the 91 Fwy to Artesia Blvd. exit to REDONDO BEACH. Turn RIGHT onto ARTESIA BLVD (westbound).
Turn LEFT onto AVIATION BLVD.
Turn RIGHT onto PACIFIC COAST HWY.
Turn IMMEDIATE LEFT onto PIER AVE.
The Memorial is visible from PCH, on the southwest corner.

CH-53 Crew at the Memorial

522 Americans, formerly listed as missing and unaccounted-for since 1973, have been recovered, identified and returned home to their families. There still remain 2,061 Americans unaccounted-for from the war in Southeast Asia.
Each and every one of them are much more than a mere statistic.
As a Nation, we recently observed Memorial Day.
Yet, to many Americans, it was just another holiday with little purpose, other than an excuse to fire up the barbecue and toss down a few of our favorite beverages.
Thanks to our SDIT Liaison, Jeanette Chervony, here is an account of two of our fellow countrymen who paid the ultimate price for the Freedom many of us take for granted.
As you read the words, try to imagine what it must have been like for these two warriors.
Then take another couple of seconds to say a prayer in their memory and for the sake of their families.
If you can take a moment and do this, then you will have observed your own Memorial Day without all the trimmings.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 4, 1999)

The remains of two American servicemen, previously unaccounted-for from the war in Southeast Asia, have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial in the United States.
They are identified as U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Robert A. Holt, of Reading, Mass., and U.S. Marine Corps Capt. John A. Lavoo, of Pueblo, Colo.
On Sept. 19, 1968, Holt and Lavoo were flying their F-4B Phantom aircraft on a combat mission over Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam.
After they launched rockets at their target, their aircraft appeared to pitch slightly without breaking its dive.
It then pulled suddenly to the right 90 degrees, then back 45 degrees.
It crashed amid a large explosion.
No parachutes were observed and no beepers were heard by their wingman.
The Wingman and another tactical control aircraft flew low passes over the wreckage, but saw no evidence that the crew survived.
An additional electronic search yielded no indication of survivors.
The hostile ground threat precluded any search and rescue efforts.
In July 1992, a joint U.S./Vietnamese team, led by "Joint Task Force-Full Accounting", from Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, visited the suspected area of the crash and interviewed several villagers with first-hand knowledge of the site, and examined some aircraft wreckage.
Another joint team re-interviewed one of the informants in August 1993, while another team in January 1994 surveyed the site again and recommended it for excavation.
In May 1994, excavation team members from Joint Task Force-Full Accounting and the U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii, recovered numerous 'Pilot-Related' items, as well as remains.
A fifth team continued excavating the site in June and July 1994, and recovered additional remains and pilot-related artifacts.
A sixth team completed the excavation in August and September 1994, recovering some additional artifacts, but no remains.
Anthropological analysis of the remains and other evidence by the Central Identification Laboratory at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, confirmed the identification of both Marines.

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