Here’s a partial listing of Veterans Day events scheduled for Nov. 11 on Long Island.

The proportion of New Yorkers who are veterans has dipped below 10 percent, possibly for the first time since early in the 20th century.

Courage in action made Lt. Michael P. Murphy a military hero, and left a void in his family.

BRISTOL Bristol Veterans Council Veterans Day ceremony at the Memorial Boulevard School. 11 a.m. Free.

ASBURY PARK St. Stephen AME Zion Church Veterans day program for veterans. . 10 a.m. (732) 774-5874.

Westchester.

A G.I. Bill for those who have given so much to our country, often including repeated combat tours, should be viewed as an obligation.

One solution would be some form of universal health coverage for all Americans. Then uninsured veterans could get the care they need.

The Labor Department faced questioning from a Senate committee on Thursday about its efforts to help reservists who have been denied their civilian jobs when they returned from active duty.

More than 400 veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan have turned up homeless, and that number is expected to grow.

MILITARY veterans from Westchester are reacting warily to pending changes in their medical care, with nursing-home and psychiatric beds poised to move out of the county while a plan to build a residential center in Yonkers moves ahead.

The Army has relieved three soldiers of leadership roles in a unit for wounded veterans at Fort Knox over the death last month of an Indiana National Guardsman in their care, military officials said.

President Bush must back up his call for swift action by quickly filling the vacancy of secretary of veterans affairs.

The proposals would pull apart a convoluted system that gave both the Defense Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs authority over determining benefits and care provided to injured soldiers.

It’s more painfully clear that wounded soldiers who seek disability care and benefits face bureaucratic chaos worthy of an infernal ring from Dante.

Ken Burns has been criticized for ignoring Latino contributions during World War II, but another documentary gives a once-storied Puerto Rican regiment its due.

Veterans receiving treatment for depression are no more likely to take their own lives than are civilian patients, a large Department of Veterans Affairs study found.

Editorial urges Pres Bush to fill crucial vacancy of secretary of veterans affairs, especially now that he is finally facing up to plight of military casualties coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan; suggests changes to antiquated system; commends Congress for its work on package of reforms

Turn Governors Island into a haven for returning soldiers.

James Gandolfini functions both as executive producer and host of this documentary on HBO, though “host” seems too colloquial a term to describe a role that he approaches with a Calvinist dignity and reserve.