DAV donates $750K to center for the intrepid.National Adjutant Arthur H. Wilson is not looking for a new job--even if it sounded as though talk show host Don Imus was making an offer Mar. 1 on MSNBC and on the radio nationwide. Wilson was, in fact, a guest on "Imus in the Morning Imus in the Morning was a comedy, news, and political radio program broadcasted in the United States, hosted by radio personality Don Imus. The show originated on 66 WNBC-AM in New York City in 1971. " to talk about the DAV Charitable Service Trust's donation of $750,000 to help build the Center for the Intrepid The Center for the Intrepid is a rehabilitation facility to treat amputees and burn victims. It is located next to the Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. at Brooke Army Medical Center Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio is part of the United States Army Health Services Command. It is a University of Texas Health Science Center and USUHS teaching hospital and contains the Army Burn Center. in San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. . The new facility will serve military personnel who have been catastrophically disabled in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. It will provide state-of-the-art rehabilitation and training for members of the armed forces. Imus, himself a former Marine, lauded the donation and DAV's support for America's disabled veterans. "Thanks to you and everyone else, they have well over the $10 million they needed," Imus told Adjutant Wilson. |
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