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Updated: 06/17/2012 08:00:03AM
Free help for veterans — from veterans
SUN PHOTO BY BARBARA BEAN-MELLINGER
Service officers Bob Michael, front; second row, from left: Mike Herman and Butch Dumont; and third row, from left: Frank Stanton, Bill Grizik and Walter Flachs receive annual training to help veterans.
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PORT CHARLOTTE — A 65-year-old veteran who served his country but was not in combat may have a pension waiting for him and not know it.
A widow of a veteran who died eight years ago missed out on a $1,400-per-month pension for which she didn’t know she qualified. Instead, she struggles to get by on a meager Social Security check.
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