Discover veterans benefits at Meredith Public Library

MEREDITH ― Since May is National Military Appreciation Month, this is a great time for veterans and their family members to learn about the array of benefits available to them including accessing the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, internment at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery, and benefits they may not have even realized they were entitled to receive.

To help achieve that goal, the Meredith Public Library will host a talk titled "Understanding Veterans Benefits" on Wednesday, May 6, at 6 p.m. in the library Function Room. Refreshments will be served courtesy of the Friends of the Meredith Library.

The presenter will be William Gaudreau (Ret. Navy) who is the director of the Division of Veteran Services for the state. Gaudreau attended and graduated from Cryptologic Technician Collections school in Pensacola, Florida and began an illustrious 29-year career as a cryptologist in the United States Navy before retiring in June of 2016. In those 29 years, he deployed on more than 20 Third and Seventh Fleet Naval Combatants, has visited more than 20 countries in the Pacific and Indian Oceans and in the Arabian Gulf, been assigned to eight different duties stations, spent nine years stationed in Japan and promoted to the rank of Senior Chief Petty Officer while leading thousands of sailors.