From thomas arwine, on Tue, 31 Dec 2002 08:40:46 GMT (in response to: Help Vets)
I AM A VIETNAM VET AND PROUD OF IT.THAT IS MOST TIMES I SUPPOSE! ONLY WHEN I FILL OUT APPLICATIONS AND THEN IT ASK ARE YOU AND THEN I SAY TO MYSELF UTT-OH SHOULD I OR SHOULD I NOT PUT IT DOWN ?AND THEN I SAY HELL YEAH!BUT YOU KNOW I DONT SEEM TO GET THE CALLS.IF I DONT ANSWER YES THEN I GET CALLED! MY MEMORYS ARE SO VIVID,BOTH OVER THERE AND WHEN I CAME HOME TO USA.ONLY TO BE SPIT ON IN THE FACE AS WELL AS CURSED.THAT WAS MINE AS WELL AS MOST ALL OTHERS HOMECOMING FROM GOOD OLE VIETNAM.... I WAS EXPOSED TO AGENT ORANGE JUST LIKE ALL OTHERS...BUT MY RECENT BOUT WITH A COLONOSCOPY AND REMOVAL OF CANCEROUS POLYPS THEY SAY COULDNT BE FROM EXPOSURE OVER THERE.WELL ITS NOT ANYWHERE IN MY FAMILY.AND HAVE SINCE HAD 3 MORE COLONOSCOPY TEST EACH TIME REMOVING MORE POLYPS...MY MEMORYS AND FLASHBACKS OF THAT TIME ARE NOTHING TO THE GOVT.MY TIMES ON ALMOST ALWAYS AIRCRAFT DUTY EXPOSED TO ASBESTOS ...OH WELL DONT THINK POLYPS (CANCEROUS)ONES SINCE REMOVED COULD BE THAT... I HAVE BEEN THRU SO MUCH TURMOIL IN MY MIND SINCE THAT TIME IN 1969 I JUST DONT KNOW HOW I HAVE SURVIVED AND NOT OUT ONTHE STREETS LIKE SO MANY OTHERS.AND A SOMEWHAT NORMAL LIFE. I CAN ONLY CREDIT THAT I AM STILL HERE WITH MY WONDERFUL WIFE DIANA AFTER 30 PLUS YEARS AND NOT WALKING AWAY THRU THE TOUGH TIMES SHE HAS HAD TO ENDURE WITH ME.ITS ASHAME OUR COUNTRY AND GOVT COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THE FACTS OF THE VETS OF THAT NAM WAR AND WHAT WE WENT THRU AND STILL GO THRU. SINCERLY THOMAS ARWINE USN VIETNAM VET
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