1.   Applicants must provide a copy of their discharge papers as proof of eligibility.

2.   A World War II veteran with a Purple Heart and Bronze Star has finally gotten the white discharge papers that eluded him for more than half a century.

3.   He left the promise of the awards, outlined on his discharge papers, in a safe-deposit box.

4.   His discharge papers listed a Purple Heart as one of his honors.

5.   Nothing in his Coast Guard discharge papers barred reenlistment, the Navy says.

6.   Olivia had the operation last Tuesday afternoon and was running around the medical center Friday morning as her parents filled out her discharge papers.

7.   The hoped-for hospital discharge papers never came and, last Tuesday, Wang was taken back to the Ankang hospital.

8.   Their discharge papers are yellow with age.

9.   They also found chemical formulas, order forms from chemical companies and military discharge papers for a Middle Eastern man who had served in the U.S. Marines.

10.   They are among the few mementos he retains of the Great War, save some medals, discharge papers and a vivid memory.