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RP Members and Connections I post this question on behalf of Sgt David G Duchesneau Vietnam Veteran and Marine.
Do you think the Vietnam War is really over for those of you who suffer from that, "gift that keeps on giving," Agent Orange?
It's been over forty-six years and ten months since David came back from Serving two tours in Vietnam and he still battling the effects of being exposed to Agent Orange. Finally, after all of this time, the VA has recognized Agent Orange. David was exposed to what he was told is, "this defoliant agent that will never hurt you or your health."
How many Vietnam Veterans have become a casualty, a statistic, of the Vietnam War?
Yes, the Vietnam War maybe over, but how many of you are still battling the effects of Vietnam? So now what happens? For many like Sgt David G. Duchesneau and so many others like him, the Vietnam War will never end until that so called Agent,"Agent Orange" finally kills them. Let's hope not!
Do you think the Vietnam War is really over for those of you who suffer from that, "gift that keeps on giving," Agent Orange?
It's been over forty-six years and ten months since David came back from Serving two tours in Vietnam and he still battling the effects of being exposed to Agent Orange. Finally, after all of this time, the VA has recognized Agent Orange. David was exposed to what he was told is, "this defoliant agent that will never hurt you or your health."
How many Vietnam Veterans have become a casualty, a statistic, of the Vietnam War?
Yes, the Vietnam War maybe over, but how many of you are still battling the effects of Vietnam? So now what happens? For many like Sgt David G. Duchesneau and so many others like him, the Vietnam War will never end until that so called Agent,"Agent Orange" finally kills them. Let's hope not!
Vietnam War
Agent Orange
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
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My dad served in Vietnam and died in 96 he also was exposed to agent orange there are a group of lawyers who work with the veterans to get you compensation you are deserved it's called ww.nvlsp.org and they will help
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SGT James (Jimmy) Crone
COL Mikel J. Burroughs - another number they can call [login to see] this is for the actual nvlsp nehmer team
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SGT James (Jimmy) Crone
COL Mikel J. Burroughs - yippee very welcome and so you know the lawyers involved are very professional
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs I am battling the effects of Agent Orange, and the war continues as it does for Vietnam Veterans, and Veterans suffering from the effects of other wars.
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Sgt David G Duchesneau
Sgt (Join to see) - Ted, more than you know and they are dropping like crazy. I can't find anyone anymore who I served with in Nam Ted. I have so many of them on that Wall in DC but for those of us who were lucky enough and by the grace of God, made it home, we are getting far and few. Stay well my Brother!
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs I have a brother-in-law who was in nam. He will not talk about it even to this day. The thoughts linger forever. One reason he is silent is that his job was to go in and do body counts after the planes dropped bombs on the villages.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
SPC Douglas Bolton Thanks for sharing your brother-in-law's personal story with us Doug. We pray and hope he finds peace within!
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Many of us want to dwell in past glory and most of us over 40 suffer the effects of what we went through in our younger days - partially because of our own foolishness; but, mostly because of what we went though which was no our choice COL Mikel J. Burroughs. Thanks Sgt David G Duchesneau.
Dugs, alcohol, bullets, fire, shrapnel, stench and putridness affected many of us over time. Some of wake with night terrors while others self-medicate or take sufficient prescribed-medication to dull or numb the pain. Many are disabled from the affects of serving this nation in uniform.
Those who fought in WWII tended to keep their war experience to themselves and only share it with other veterans. They had a large measure of closure from that total war just as those who fought in WWI did.
The actions which were not total warfare including the Korean war [constrained by long-deceased former POTUS Truman] and the Vietnam War [constrained by long-deceased former POTUSs JFK, LBJ and Nixon] which had no closure and did not honor those who served when they returned.
The more recent ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom and the Global War on Terror which are generally constrained in large part because this nation has not decaled total war on those devoted to radicalized Islam
Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it while those who live in the past become tend to become insane much too often.
It is good to strike a balance between where we learn from the past, focus on doing our best in the presence and work to improve the potential for the future.
LORD God, I pay that YOU will help each of us to find necessary closure while allowing us to remember what we need to. Help us to let YOUR light shine though us to those in desperate need.
LTC Stephen C. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Capt Christopher Mueller Capt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see)SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SSgt (Join to see) SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT John " Mac " McConnell SGT Robert George SP5 Robert Ruck SCPO Morris RamseyCPL Eric Escasio SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright SPC Margaret Higgins Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM
Dugs, alcohol, bullets, fire, shrapnel, stench and putridness affected many of us over time. Some of wake with night terrors while others self-medicate or take sufficient prescribed-medication to dull or numb the pain. Many are disabled from the affects of serving this nation in uniform.
Those who fought in WWII tended to keep their war experience to themselves and only share it with other veterans. They had a large measure of closure from that total war just as those who fought in WWI did.
The actions which were not total warfare including the Korean war [constrained by long-deceased former POTUS Truman] and the Vietnam War [constrained by long-deceased former POTUSs JFK, LBJ and Nixon] which had no closure and did not honor those who served when they returned.
The more recent ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom and the Global War on Terror which are generally constrained in large part because this nation has not decaled total war on those devoted to radicalized Islam
Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it while those who live in the past become tend to become insane much too often.
It is good to strike a balance between where we learn from the past, focus on doing our best in the presence and work to improve the potential for the future.
LORD God, I pay that YOU will help each of us to find necessary closure while allowing us to remember what we need to. Help us to let YOUR light shine though us to those in desperate need.
LTC Stephen C. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Capt Christopher Mueller Capt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see)SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SSgt (Join to see) SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT John " Mac " McConnell SGT Robert George SP5 Robert Ruck SCPO Morris RamseyCPL Eric Escasio SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright SPC Margaret Higgins Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs Most Definitely Not Colonel! The Chemicals they were Exposed too, the PTSD. Just as the Cold War. The Chemicals I was Exposed too Born above the Dump for the Manhattan Project. Exposed too the Chemicals from Operation LAC as an Infant. 2 Years Hugging a KL-47 during "Blind Mans Bluff". We Got a Lot to Answer for and Clear Up. Very Respectfully CTO1!
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The war will never end for those affected by Agent Orange. The VA has made progress but there remain Agent Orange deniers in the VA system. Work still needs to be done. Studies have proven over and over that AO causes more than cancer. COPD is related as is high blood pressure. I do not believe these lesser diseases will ever be addressed. Mostly because AO is not the only cause and it is hard to sort out. For example, we know smoking causes COPD. We also know that dioxin causes COPD. If you are or once were a smoker AND you were exposed to AO in Vietnam, the VA will always assume the cause of your disease is the one they are not required to compensate. High blood pressure? Same deal. Too many other causes. In the end, I believe the decision to compensate or not rests as much with money as with proof AO contributed.
I guess I am OK with that. Our brothers suffering from the worst of it: prostate cancer, Hodgins disease, Myeloma. etc. deserve compensation and the best treatment they can get.
I guess I am OK with that. Our brothers suffering from the worst of it: prostate cancer, Hodgins disease, Myeloma. etc. deserve compensation and the best treatment they can get.
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No person who has been to war ever gets over it. Whether it is the physical wounds, chemical poisoning from Agent Orange or other Chemical agents like Saran gas or a cocktail of chemical agents in the deserts of Kuwait, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, or the psychological trauma, when each soldier returns home and brings the war with him or her. We are reminded of our service through our Physical and / or psychological scars. In my case it visits me in my dreams at night or reminds me when I hear certain loud noises or I experiences certain smells.
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There was some bad chems in Desert Storm that DOD tried to deny for years. A Lt I knew did all he could to help a kid from the float before us. He was a wrecker operator and dug up some stuff recovering a truck. It took a few years to surface and it was before DOD admitting any chems, so he was fighting for his life and VA healthcare. He got out and went downhill at home in GA pretty quickly. They later called it Gulf War syndrome but I think it was nerve gas. He lost motor skills and finally died. The Lt was helping him with all the red tape but couldn't save him. If not for a video of an Army Engr unit DOD likely would have never admitted anything. It's all about the $ due to claims with them and VA.
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MAJ Alan Reiter
CWO3 (Join to see) - Many unit's chemical alarms went off and it was chalked up to false alarms. We now know that there was release of a witches brew of chemical agent. Many of the munitions that were destroyed or burned were chemical agent and that was the reason the alarms went off. https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/gulfwar/whiteper/index.htm
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Sgt Michael Johnson
We were in MOPP level 4 overnight and my camp on the Kuwait border was evacuated and we were shipped back to town and run through a decontamination unit. Everything I had was taken and I was issued new gear. I've had terrible memory problems ever since. The VA won't acknowledge it.
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As long as David and others suffer, this war goes on. And as long as we, their brothers and sisters, remember and support, this war goes on. Does it/will it ever end?
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Sgt David G Duchesneau
Thank you Sister and no, for many of us, it will never end until that day that God will finally take it away for us!
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Sgt Deborah Cornatzer
Sgt David G Duchesneau, you are right. I pray, too, that God will grant those who enact such actions would see the detrimental effects of their choices and, perhaps, seek and find better remedies.
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I have several friends who were casualties looong after the 'Peace Treaty' was signed !!! My prayers & love go with you all my brothers & HEROES & you also my Sister HEROES !!!! HOOORRAH !!!!
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No. I have observed to many friends die from cancer. There children die from cancer. It will never be over.
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