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Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas County, Virgin Islands
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An insular committee in the Virgin Islands recommends establishing full-time Veterans Representative offices in St. Thomas and St. Croix to address inadequate services from Puerto Rico's Veterans Administration, aiming to better serve the growing veteran population and retain them locally. The committee includes members from both islands and notes post-WWII circulation of $240,000 among veterans.
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An insular committee which recently studied problems affecting veterans in the Virgin Islands has recommended the establishment of offices of Veterans Representative in both St Thomas and St. Croix on a full-time basis.
The present services rendered by the Veterans Administration of Puerto Rico was said to be inadequate to meet the need of an ever increasing veteran population. The committee said that veterans were dissatisfied with the infrequency and quality of this service.
Establishment of the offices would permit veterans here to obtain benefits which are denied them, it continued on page 1
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was stated. It would encourage a larger number to take advantage of these benefits, and tend to keep young veterans at home, in preference to seeking such benefits on the mainland & Puerto Rico. It was estimated that after World War II, $240,000 a year was circulated here among veterans.
The committee which submitted the report to the Governor was composed of Councilman Percival Reese, Col. Christmas, and Hugh Smith of St. Thomas; and Councilman Henry Rohlsen, Ejnar Bolling and Albert Nelthropp of St. Croix.
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establishment of offices would permit veterans to obtain denied benefits, encourage more to take advantage, keep young veterans at home, and notes $240,000 a year circulated among veterans after world war ii.
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An insular committee studied problems affecting veterans in the Virgin Islands and recommended full-time offices of Veterans Representative in St. Thomas and St. Croix. Current services from Puerto Rico's Veterans Administration are inadequate for the increasing veteran population, with dissatisfaction over infrequency and quality. The report was submitted to the Governor by committee members from St. Thomas and St. Croix.