Veterans Day 2013

8 Thoughts to “Veterans Day 2013”

1. BSinVA

   November 11, 2013 at 8:25 am

   I will take this opportunity to honor those Viet Nam and Korean Conflict veterans who, due to Agent Orange exposure, have been diagnosed with cancer of the bronchus, cancer of the larynx, lung cancer, prostate cancer, cancer of the trachea, adult fibrosarcoma, alveolar soft part sarcoma, angiosarcoma, chronic lymphatic leukemia, clear cell sarcoma of aponeuroses, clear cell cancer of the tendons, dermatofibrosarcoma, ectomesenchymoma, epithelia malignant leiomysarcoma, epithelioid malignant schwannoma, epthelioid sarcoma, extra skeletal Ewing’s sarcoma, hairy cell leukemia, hemangiosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, liposarcoma, lymphangiosarcoma, malignant giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, malignant glandular schwannoma, malignant glomus tumor, malignant hemangiopericytoma, malignant mesenchymoma, malignant schwannoma with rhabdomyoblastic, multiple myeloma, proliferating angiedotheliomatosis, rhabdomysarcoma, sarcoma, soft tissue sarcoma, synovial sarcoma, adult onset type II diabetes, AL amyloidosis, Hodgkins disease, ischemic heart disease, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, and Parkinsons disease. Each one of these diseases/illnesses is recognized by the VA as being connected to agent orange herbicide exposure.
   1. Moon-howler

      November 11, 2013 at 10:50 am

      Thanks for this list, BS. So, those protestors of my day were right. Maybe they didn’t know why they were right, but they were right.

      Agent Orange might just be the tip of the iceberg also.
2. Pat.Herve

   November 11, 2013 at 8:28 am

   Cheers for the Doolittle Raiders who survived and the four that are still living.
   http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/11/10/world-war-ii-surviving-doolittle-raiders-make-final-toast/

   Many today do not understand the hardship our veterans have gone through and are outraged when the internet is down or they cannot get their latte.
3. BSinVA

   November 11, 2013 at 8:32 am

   All veterans who served in Viet Nam (even if only for one day) during the period between January 9, 1962 and May 7, 1975 were exposed to agent orange. Also, all sailors and seamen who served on boats or ships that operated in Vietnam’s inland waterways or which even docked in Vietnam and the the crew member went ashore were exposed. Service members who served in the DMZ in Korea between April 1, 1968 and August 31, 1971 and veterans who performed specific functions and served on specific air bases in Thailand were, likewise, exposed to the herbicide.
4. BSinVA

   November 11, 2013 at 11:09 am

   Just think… all those USO entertainers and crew… Red Cross canteen ladies…. diplomats…. civilian contractors…. news reporters… the ROK soldiers… the Aussies…. and the Vietnamese civilians… all at risk from exposure over 30 years ago.
   1. Moon-howler

      November 11, 2013 at 1:12 pm

      They sound like walking time bombs. My brother in law is one also. Of course, it took until 2012 for him to get disability for PTSD. He left service in 1969. It was perfectly obvious to the rest of the family fairly soon after he got home. The VA works a little slower.
5. Lyssa

   November 11, 2013 at 7:49 pm

   Next year is the 100th anniversary of WWI. All Quiet on the Western Front made such an impression on me that I’ve sought out anything about that war. What a horror that was – and the anti war movement in Europe after that war was much bigger than many realize. Calvery charges, trenches and shell shock.
6. Wolverine

   November 12, 2013 at 4:42 pm

   One might wish to add to that long list all those who served in the older US Navy ships in Vietnam and elsewhere. Many of those ships were chock full of asbestos as a fire retardent.

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