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CONTENTS, FEBRUARY/MARCH 2000 OUR ADVERTISERS  Features: ALFRED RASCON'S MEDAL OF HONOR  VVA Helps A Hero.  THE SUMMER OF 1969 A Photo Essay By Wallace Terry.  INTERVIEW: JOSEPH THOMPSON  Underseceretary For Benefits, Department Of Veterans Affairs.  TO SEARCH A BUNKER AT THON GIA DANG  Going Back for the First Time.  WEST L.A. VAMC  Land Grab, Part II.                              SEMIANNUAL COMMITTEE REPORTS Checking Progress On VVA Resolutions.   Departments:  CALENDAR LETTERS  PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE  The Truth About Agent Orange. GOVERNMENT RELATIONS  Clinton Asks Congress for $1.5 Billion More. TAPS  REGION 1 REPORT VETERANS BENEFITS UPDATE AVVA REPORT MEMBERSHIP MATTERS NATIONAL GULF WAR RESOURCE CENTER REPORT CHAPEL OF FOUR CHAPLAINS REPORT STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT VETERANS INCARCERATED REPORT ARTS OF WAR  William & Mary Conference.  BOOKS IN REVIEW  Thomas Fleming's Hours of Gladness.  MEMBERSHIP NOTES  MEMBER PROFILE Bill Meeks. LOCATOR  REUNIONS

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