Fox Chase Cancer Center Honors Veterans

PHILADELPHIA (November 16, 1999) -- Fox Chase Cancer Center honored military service veterans at a special tea on Veterans Day.� At least two dozen doctors, scientists and staff at Fox Chase are veterans and several served in time of war.

Wallace Young, a former Army Vietnam helicopter pilot, read from a letter written by a Marine Corps chaplain.� The letter describes a veteran as a person who "offered some of his life's most vital years in the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs."

Fox Chase Cancer Center is one of 37 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the nation.� The Center's activities include basic and clinical research; prevention, detection and treatment of cancer; and community outreach programs.