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Monday, February 9, 1987 J
Coming to terms
. Columbia vete
By PATRICK JEAN
Assistant features editor
When America's Vietnam War veterans returned
home in the 1970s, there were few bands playing,
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40,000 veterans in the Midlands of South
Carolina, there was no special center to help them
readjust sociologically or economically ? until
1985.
The Columbia Vet Center, located at 1313
Elmwood Ave., opened in July 1985 as part of the
federal government's Vietnam Veterans Outreach
Program. The staff has since helped a large number
^ of local veterans, said Clyde Myers Jr., readjustment
counseling specialist for the center.
TVi? anuArnim>nt'c nrnoram wuc initiator! hv the
Disabled Veterans of America in the mid-'70s,
Myers said. "They felt the Veterans Administration
should take responsibility for providing readjustment
counseling services to Vietnam veterans. What
they did, in turn, was contact a psychologist. "at
Cleveland State University ? Dr. John Wilson."
Wilson's research paper, The Forgotten Warrior,
was submitted to the VA and Congress in 1979. Its
impact led to the program's creation, which was extended
and expanded in 1981 and 1984.
There are currently 189 veterans centers in the
^ United States. South Carpl?r"*'s first renter opened
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is out-and-out bad, but just very instrument,
bland pop with little heart in it. Fleck's last
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songs or Hay, but the use of extraordinar
studio musicians who give the album was bi
record a cold, sterile sound. and dramati<
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in Charleston in May 1980 to serve Lowcountry
veterans. A Greenville center opened in November
1981 to serve veterans in the Upstate and Piedmont
areas.
"In 1981, Congress unanimously approved of our
program and gave us an extension until 1984. Then
we had another expansion of the Vets Center program,
starting in 1985. As a result, we came about
in that third phase," Myers said.
The center is required by the government to see 20
new veteran clients per month, he said. "Normally,
we have been very successful at meeting that productivity
standard ever since 1985. Some days you
have a lot of veterans, some days you don't."
Myers said most of the center's veterans come in
on their own, while others are referred by the
government's department of social services, local
social service agency's or the VA. The center sees
' /anywhere from nine to 20 veterans on a daily basis
and deals with other clients by telephone, mail or
newsletter he said. v j ' i' / J**
The programs offered by the center include
counseling on an individual, group, family or
marital basis. The three-member staff also sets up
Agent Orange exams at the Columbia VA medical
center and provides assistance in upgrading
discharge papers, finding employment or receiving
veterans' benefits, Myers said.
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The ccnter also stays in the public eye by appearing
on radio and television talk shows, as well as setting
up presentations at local malls and shopping
centers, he said. "Many veterans and people come
up to us then and want to know what we're all about
and where we're at."
Myers said the Columbia center, as well as other
centers across the United States, have had to deal
with public assumptions and stereotypes about
veterans.
"There was a misconception when this program
first started in 1979 that vets centers were going t6
be crowded with vets coming in with drug and
alcohol problems. That has not been proven to be
true. A very small percentage of out vets h#ve those
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"Another one is that Vietnam vets wer<j; npt ,
community-oriented and didn't want to be a part of
society as a result ot tneir war exptncnces, i ve been
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tremendous shift in Vietnam vets' perceptions dbout
themselves, and also in commitment to doing things
in the community to let people know that vets are
successful and do care about the world we live in,"
he said.
The center sees a larger number of veterans during
the Memorial Day, Veterans Day and Christmas
holidays, Myers said. Extra assistance is provided
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then by participating in Columbia's Veterans Day
parade, providing holiday gifts or food for needy
families and holding public "drop-ins" at the
center.
About 4G0 veterans have been seen by the Vet
Center since it opened, 40 to 50 of whom are regular
clients, he said. "We help them out, then we may
not ever see them again because that's their way of
life.
"For a small staff, we've seen a large number of
vets since we've been here, and I think that speaks
very well for the program itself. You're looking at a
tWo-person team, and you're looking at the fact that
traditionally, Vietnam vets are not your traditional
;Yets<" he said.
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an Air Forcc security specialist. The other staff
members ? clinical coordinator Mike Wofford and
'temporary office manager Deborrah Mayweather
r-r,a\so served in the war, which provides a special
IcfnsHip between themselves and the veterans they
help, he said.
The Vietnam Veterans Outreach Program is
scheduled to undergo changes in 1989. Some centers
will stay open and others will be merged with local
VA medical centers. Myers said he doesn't yet know
what will happen to Columbia's center, but he
thinks it has provided excellent service so far.
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