Women discharged from military due to motherhood eligible for compensation under new billBetween 1951 and 1976, women service members were involuntarily separated from the military due to motherhood, leaving without separation benefits, counseling or assistance. New legislation seeks to establish a process to upgrade military records and provide a one-time payment of $25,000 to affected veterans.
Sailor who survived 1941 Pearl Harbor attack in battleship’s belly dies at age 103William Henry Pratt, who survived both the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and a series of dangerous patrols aboard a submarine during World War II, died last week in Fresno, Calif. He was 103.