Karaberis family story...veteran, victim of incurable Buerger's disease, 1951

4 images. Karaberis family story...veteran, victim of incurable Buerger's disease, 18 October 1951. Sergeant Christos Karaberis, victim; Mrs. Anita Karaberis; Christine Karaberis, 2; James Karaberis, 1.; Supplementary material reads: "Santley. Caption memo from Gershon. 2 pix of Karaberis family, left to right: Mrs. Anita Karaberis, holding daughter, Christine, 2, and Sgt. Christos Karaberis holding son, James, 1. One shot of Sgt. Christos Karaberis looking at a scrap book detailing his months of activity selling bonds for the government after he was decorated with the Congressional Medal of Honor. During this period, Karaberis, who had been discharged from the Army, met all of his own expenses, which, together with hospital expenses for his wife, led to his financial predicament. One shot of Mrs. Anita Karaberis shown gratefully placing cans of food on her recently bare cupboard in her project home in San Pedro. They were the gifts of anonymous neighbor. The gift was the first of many sent to the family after the Examiner yesterday revealed the war hero's plight, aggravated by the slow process of the Army's pension review board. He is waiting a final verdict as to whether he will receive 60 percent disability after having been discharged because he has incurable Buerger's disease".