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Tired Of Low Returns On Your Savings?
A Charitable Gift Annuity with the Paralyzed
Veterans of America (PVA) is one of the most rewarding
table and told DoD witnesses, “We’re
investments you can make. a35 Now is an ideal time to
not going to ignore all these letters.”
consider the unique tax benefits and security of guaranteed
payments offered by a PVA Charitable Gift Annuity.
Spreading the Word
a35 Your gift annuity of at least $25,000 ensures that PVA
Our World War II veterans group
can continue its work. In the meantime, you or your
lectures high school students in
AGE* RATE**
chosen beneficiary can rely on fixed quarterly or semi-
Gainesville, Fla., and the surrounding
75 7.3%
annual payments for life. There are various options you
area [“Spreading the Word,” “Chap-
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can choose to best meet your family’s needs. The table at left
ters in Action,” March 2008]. World
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shows you the payment rates you can expect. Give us the
War II history is but a footnote in a
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opportunity to show you the return you’ll get from helping
crowded curriculum, and students
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others. a35 PVA is the only congressionally chartered veterans
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organization dedicated solely for the benefit and representation
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are woefully lacking in knowledge
of individuals with spinal cord injury or disease.
of the war and the Great Depression
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conditions in the 1930s and ’40s that
Please remember the Paralyzed Veterans of America
led to the war. We are warmly re-
in your will.
ceived and, to my surprise, students
listen respectfully and attempt to
muster relevant questions. On normal
days we will address four or fi ve his-
tory classes for one-hour periods. It is
a tiring but rewarding experience.
—Capt. C.J. Cormier, USMC-Ret.
Gainesville, Fla.
Location Clarification
In the article ... concerning the Man-
hattan Project [“Pages of History,”
March 2008] I believe there is a
historical error wherein you men-
tion that “General Groves occupied
offi ces on the fi fth fl oor of the State
Department building, which at that
time housed the War Department.”
The State Department building up
until World War I was known as the
State, War, Navy building. However,
down on Constitution Avenue were
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