Posted on Oct 24, 2016

VA approves pension claim from Civil War veteran

SGT Ben Keen

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Just when you thought your VA claim was taking a long time...

VA approves pension claim from Civil War veteran

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Posted 8 y ago

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SSG Carlos Madden

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Posted 8 y ago

This actually isn't that crazy from the DuffelBlog. This happened:
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-08-08/civil-war-vets-pension-still-remains-on-governments-payroll-151-years-after-last-shot-fired

U.S. Still Paying a Civil War Pension

A North Carolina woman is the daughter of a Civil War veteran, and still collects his benefits.

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SGT Ben Keen

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That is sort of what I said to the person that shared with me off this site. I mean, I know it is Duffle Blog and all but sadly, there is a lot of truth behind this story.

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CPL Robert Ray

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SGT Ben Keen - That's what makes Duffelblog so brilliant... because of the kernels of truth (or truths of the Colonel) in their stuff!

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SGM Steve Wettstein

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Posted 8 y ago

Man someone's gonna get a some nice back pay....lol

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VA approves pension claim from Civil War veteran

VA approves pension claim from Civil War veteran

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