Varicose veins and spider veins. Varicose (VAR-i-kos) veins are enlarged veins that can be blue, red, or flesh-colored. They often look like cords and appear twisted and bulging. Spider veins are like varicose veins, but smaller. Varicose veins and spider veins usually appear in the legs and can cause pain, swelling, or an itchy rash. Varicose veins and spider veins are treatable.
This is from War History OnLine. R. I. P. Command Sergeant Major Basil L. Plumley, Hand Salute. Basil L. Plumley was a career soldier and airborne combat infantryman in the United States Army who eventually achieved the rank of Command Sergeant Major, starting off as a private. He is most famous for his actions as Sergeant Major of the US Armyâs 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, at the Battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam, 1965.
Horace Bower was a fire fighter for the town of Wellesley for thirty years. Because of a heart condition, his application for accidental disability retirement was approved by the Wellesley retirement board (board), and he retired on September 11, 1979. However, his retirement allowance was calculated without including night shift differential pay. He appealed to the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (CRAB), which affirmed the decision of the board. Pursuant to a petition for review under G.L.c. 30A, Â§ 14, a judge of the Superior Court reversed the decision of CRAB.