Why former Congressman Roe was so passionate about veteran legislation

Why former Congressman Roe was so passionate about veteran legislation

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Most people know Phil Roe as the Congressman who served Northeast Tennessee for six terms. During his time in Washington, D.C., he passed several bills to benefit veterans and servicemembers. He even chaired the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. "I was one of the last people drafted in the army. I drafted in 1971," he said. Roe was in Memphis for medical school when his first orders for Da Nang, Vietnam, were defe…