VETERANS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIACatoosa: 5,541Chattooga: 2,380Dade: 1,748Gordon: 4,049Murray: 2,789Walker: 5,004Whitfield: 5,752Source: Georgia Department of Veterans Services
DALTON, Ga. – The line snaked down the hall and up the stairs, as hundreds of military veterans and their families waited Wednesday morning to be admitted to the auditorium where dozens of agency representatives tried to answer their questions.
Once inside, 50-year-old Sandra Hill moved from chair to chair, leaning on her cane as she waited to talk to a disability counselor with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Hill’s husband, Robbie Hill, served in the Vietnam War and died in 2007.
Sandra Hill, who has a degenerative disc disease, said she hasn’t received any benefits since her husband’s death. She can’t work and lives part time with a family friend and part time with her mother.
“If it wasn’t for family and friends, it would be a lot worse,” Hill said. “I hope it’s a good day and I can find answers.”