Sunday, August 31, 2008

Two Louisiana War Veterans Homes evacuated with Hurricane Gustav bearing down

Veterans Affairs evacuates two war veterans' homes
Alexandria Town Talk - Alexandria,LA,USA
Gannett Capital Bureau • August 30, 2008


BATON ROUGE -- The Office of Veterans Affairs has begun evacuating the Southeast Louisiana War Veterans Home in Reserve and the Southwest Louisiana War Veterans Home in Jennings.

So far, 89 veterans already have been evacuated to the Louisiana War Veterans Home in Jackson from the Reserve home and 22 veterans from Jennings are in the process of evacuating to the Jackson home. In addition, 92 veterans will moved to the Bossier City War Veterans Home from Jennings.

The phone number for the Jackson War Veterans Home is (225) 342-8998; the phone number for the Bossier City home is (318) 741-2763.

Family members are encouraged to contact the two North Louisiana homes, as both homes are maintaining lists of veterans who have evacuated or will be evacuated today.

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