American Legion welcomes vets to discuss VA health care

News Release from American Legion

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2016  -- The American Legion invites all Honolulu area veterans and their family members to a town hall meeting to discuss their Veterans Affairs (VA) health care.

The meeting will be held at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 6th at the Oahu Veterans Center at 1299 Kukila St, Honolulu, Hawaii. 

The town hall event is one of about a dozen hosted by The American Legion in the United States this year. The Legion hosts these events to hear feedback from veterans about the quality of health care they receive at their local VA facility.

Representatives from The American Legion Department of Hawaii, The American Legion National Headquarters office in Washington, D.C., representatives from VA, and members of the Hawaii congressional delegation will be in attendance for the meeting.

For more information, contact: Bernard Lee, Department of Hawaii Adjutant, aldepthi@hawaii.rr.com

About The American Legion

The American Legion is the largest wartime veterans service organization with 2.2 million members in more than 13,000 posts in communities across in America. The Legion, established by an act of Congress in 1919, was instrumental in getting the original GI Bill through Congress and the creation of the Department of Veterans Affairs.