Injured GI's brother becomes caregiver
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For years, brothers Pisey and Dara Tan had barely spoken to each other as they went their separate ways Â Pisey into the Army, Dara off to college.
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News that the Pentagon wants to double death benefits for families of U.S. troops killed in Iraq reminded Tracy Miller, whose son, Marine Cpl. Nicholas Lee Ziolkowski, died there in November, of an old summer-camp yarn:
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They played together in childhood, wrestled together in high school and joined the Marines together after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. This week, the two young men from California's San Joaquin Valley died together in a dangerous area of Iraq where the military is preparing a major assault on insurgents.
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Just a few years ago,  a graduate from Brown University medical school had just an  inkling about how to care for the elderly.
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In a cigar shop in Wurzburg, I strike up a conversation with a Pfc. Valdez of Phoenix, who will spend this Christmas working at a nearby U.S. Army hospital that, among other things, cares for seriously wounded ...
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Two men became friends by transforming their lives to become catalysts of community cooperation.
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The first Medal of Honor awarded for combat in Afghanistan will be&#13;&#10;presented to the family of a Navy SEAL who&#13;&#10;gave his life to make a radio call for help for his team
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Ramon Castro, the older brother of leader Fidel Castro, said Saturday his more famous sibling is steadily improving after intestinal surgery that has left their younger brother Raul temporarily in charge of the country.
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SLIGO, Ireland - A Canadian sailor was waging a battle last night to overcome severe smoke inhalation injuries after he and a fellow sailor were airlifted from their disabled submarine to hospital in this small Irish north coast town.
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HAVANA Nov 1, 2004 - Fidel Castro is healing nicely after shattering a kneecap and breaking an arm in an accidental fall, his older brother Ramon said Monday, adding that their family has always enjoyed good health and longevity.
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By ERIN RICHARDS  With his sister-in-law in critical condition after an April motorcycle crash in Muskego, Steve Whittow realized watching a loved one battle for life also brings communication difficulties.
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A 10-year-old Afghan boy saved from death after being airlifted to Canada for emergency heart surgery has flown home with a new lease on life.
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Armed with miniaturized medical devices, surgeons bring advanced care to soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan just moments after they're hurt. By Randy Dotinga.
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Every day for weeks on end, injured Army pilot Joseph Luciano talked to an answering machine at Walter Reed hospital, trying to get an appointment for a heart scan. Then he called the Army's new Wounded Soldier and Family Hotline. Within six hours, he got the appointment &#151; along with an apology from the colonel who heads Walter Reed Army Medical Center's radiology department.
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The family who abandoned an 82-year-old man suffering from Alzheimer&#39;s disease in a hospital waiting room have made contact from Spain with the social services department caring for the man.
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A pensioner left in a casualty department  by his family, who said they were unable to cope with him, is placed in care.
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Now a Purple Heart recipient, U. S. Army Spc. Jeffrey King, 23, of Crestview Road, who was critically wounded in Iraq last week, is holding his own.