09:40 PM CDT on Monday, July 21, 2008
By KIM HORNER / The Dallas Morning News
khorner@dallasnews.com
Two new facilities are planned for North Texas to assist veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to open one in Dallas County and another in Tarrant County by fall 2009.
"There has been an increase in the number of veterans coming to Vet Centers," said Ozzie Garza, spokesman for the VA. "We're trying to do the best we can to serve the returning veterans."
Sam Samford, commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7843 in Duncanville, said there's a "huge demand" for help.
"You can't have too many facilities for veterans as far as I'm concerned," said Mr. Samford, a U.S. Army veteran who served in Vietnam. "There's no such thing as too much, especially when you've got a war going on."
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