Claim: Congress has approved special insurance dividend payments for veterans.
Status: False.
Example:
To all Veterans and Families of Veterans If you are a veteran, or if any of your relatives fall under that category, you may be interested in the following information. A bill was recently passed by Congress entitling veterans to a dividend on the GI Insurance they had while in the service. Both current and former military personnel are entitled to this dividend regardless. If you are a veteran, or if any of your relatives fall under that category, you may be interested in the of whether or not they still carry the insurance. If you are eligible, you WILL NOT receive the dividend unless YOU ASK for it! The Veterans Administration will review each individual case and determine eligibility. A general schedule of dividends earned is as follows: 2 YEARS OF SERVICE: $261.00 To apply for the dividend, write to the VETERANS CENTER, P.O. BOX 8079, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19101. REMEMBER: THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY SEND YOU THE DIVIDEND. YOU MUST APPLY FOR IT. Complete the form below. In accordance with the bill recently passed by Congress, I am applying for the "SGLI" insurance dividend based on my prior military service. The specifies of my service are as follows: NAME:__________________________________ |
Origins: In another case of a message's long outliving its relevance, what we have here is a notice about a real dividend containing a real address for the Veterans Center in Philadelphia. The problem is, this message has been out of date for about fifty years now.
In 1948, a special benefit was established for World
Additional Information:
The "Special Dividend" is a False Rumor (VA Life Insurance Program) |
Last updated: 30 October 2007
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