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Veterans Voice: Former RI Guard adjutant general recalls eerie days after 9/11

By Mary K. Talbot Special to The Journal The September trip to South Korea was supposed to be a goodwill mission sponsored by the Defense Department. At the time, Reginald Centracchio was adjutant general of the Rhode Island National Guard and it was his honor to escort 42 veterans of the Korean War back to the place where they had served.         “It was somewhat overcast,” he remembers. A storm was brewing to the south that day as General Centracchio was standing on the edge of the demilitarized zone with some staff members and the group of Rhode Island veterans. “We had been invited by South Korea to experience a ceremony which they did to recognize the end of what they call the Battles of the Outposts,” the final, bloody two years of the Korean War when half of America’s casualties occurred.

Veterans Voice: Event raises awareness of heart disease in women vets

Veterans Voice: Event raises awareness of heart disease in women vets By Mary K. Talbot Nancy Euell, 63, spent five years in the Air Force on active duty and another 15 as a civilian employee. So when she moved from Atlanta to Rhode Island and wanted to find a doctor, she didn’t hesitate to sign up for VA Providence Healthcare. She was familiar with the quality of care that the VA offers and wasted no time enrolling upon her arrival. Euell scheduled a routine physical where she was pleased to meet Dr. Lauren Schlanger, her new primary care physician. Tests were ordered to get a better picture of Eull’s overall health at that initial meeting and it was then that an irregular heartbeat was detected. “They said it was a murmur. Then they went on to test some more and they wanted to know if I ever had rheumatic fever,” she remembers. Her mitral valve wasn’t working as expected so Euell was placed on a heart monitor for observation.

Onofrio Niffy Andrews flew jets in the Air Force during the Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam War

Raw determination fueled the military career of Onofrio “Niffy” Andrews, 87. Growing up in Bristol during the Great Depression, times were challenging and his family, like many others, was facing financial struggles.  Niffy was one of five boys in the Andrews family. He dropped out of school, first at age 16 because he wanted to go to work, and then, again, a year later. That time, he forged the signatures that would enable him to enlist. He was ready to leave Bristol, make a clean break with his past and chart a new course to success in the Air Force. Although he lacked a formal education, Niffy had more than just street smarts. Once he arrived for duty, Andrews underwent aptitude testing and he fared well in all areas. His first assignment was as a radio intercept operator where he copied Russian code for the United States Air Force Security Service. He was stationed in the Aleutian Islands for the first year, then moved to Texas before volunteering for an assignment

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