Tag: Vietnam War veterans
Late-onset Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
On February 15, 2001, Sonia Reich fled her home in Skokie, Illinois, insisting that someone was trying to kill her -- to "put a...
VA Attacks Own Revised PTSD Rules, Promotes Anti-veteran Dr. Sally Satel
Your Veterans Service Organizations liaison from the Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is now promoting the work of...
Veterans aren’t lying about PTSD
As the U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs (DVA) and Veterans Benefit Administration (VBA) made significant steps last year in improving the ludicrous regulations for veterans obtaining disability...
Vietnam Veterans, Welcome Home: June 17-19, 2011 in Chicago
The Welcome Home 2011 has been designated to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the most historic event that Vietnam veterans and the City of...
Heroes of the Vietnam Generation
Few who served during Vietnam ever complained of a generation gap. The men who fought World War II were their heroes and role models.
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Zahir Ebrahim: America’s War Veterans, PTSD and its Cure – Feature...
The two American websites, VT and Salem News, run by two former US Military veterans, contain some of the most outstanding RealitySpeak writings by...
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester Gets It Right on PTSD and Vietnam
Sen. Jon Tester called PTSD the “signature injury” of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, and said the nation failed its Vietnam-era veterans on mental health care.
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Nam Vets Slam AP Anti-vet Piece, Agent Orange Was ‘Everywhere’, Belly...
He became an aircraft maintenance guy. He said the belly pans of the C-130 planes were full of dried Agent Orange for years. The airframe techs would have to hose it out of the planes before they could work on them. The fucking shit was everywhere. Guys on the Aircraft Carriers said they had to hose it off the aircraft that had flown through the area just sprayed with it.
Marine Sets the Senate Straight on Vietnam Defoliants and the Damage...
- It is clear to many Veterans, Widows, and Damaged Offspring you obviously have no idea what you are talking about -
By Charles Kelley
Camp...
Vietnam War Veterans Dissed Again on ‘Longest War’ Line RE Afghanistan
George Will writes of Afghanistan that "America's longest war is entering a surreal stage."
Have we forgotten the Vietnam War already? That 20-year police action?
Joe...
Vietnam Veteran Stories
If you read nothing else ever on this site, check out Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories. Click on a veteran: They talk, we listen. Like...
Ed Freeman Lives
Edward Freeman died almost two years ago.
Freeman was a former Army helicopter pilot who received the Medal of Honor for his heroics during the Vietnam War.
He was portrayed...
Shinseki: Generation of Vietnam Veterans Have ‘Tough Row’
Specifically singling out Vietnam War veterans, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki said today that the VA is broken, the backlog of claims and the lack of...
Medal of Honor Recipient: Gays Should Serve
“You hear this nonsense about gays threatening unit cohesion!”