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The Secret History of a Vietnam War Airstrike Gone Terribly Wrong – NYT
[no_toc] The Battle of Hill 875, DAK TO, Vietnam 1967 An Individual Study Project Intended for Publication LTC Leonard B Scott Docto Jim Williams Hill 875 was the most costly terrain feature taken by U.S. servicemen In the Vietnam war, yet little...
New research could lead to disability benefits for Vietnam veterans with high blood pressure
From the article: ... findings, from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, conclude that “sufficient evidence” exists linking hypertension and related illnesses in veterans to Agent Orange and other defoliants used in...
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Accelerated Aging Among Vietnam-Era Veterans Survey
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden and it includes the actual data collection instrument.
Agency Information Collection Activity: Accelerated Aging Among Vietnam-Era Veterans Survey
Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.
Vietnam: The War That Keeps On Killing
Cholangiocarcinoma - a nasty little parasite from raw or undercooked fish showed up in at least 700 veterans over the past 15 years and a little less than half ever filed a claim for it. The VA rejected most of them in what was described as a...
49 Years after Vietnam – Surviving throat cancer in spite of VA bureaucracy.
George Geiger probably thought being shot down and wounded twice would be the most dangerous time of his life. Then he got the diagnosis of throat cancer and off George went to VA, no problem they said and sent him to receive his chemotherapy to a...
Analysis | The Daily 202: McCain and Kerry outline lessons from Vietnam after watching new Ken Burns documentary
THE BIG IDEA: Hundreds of Washington insiders gathered last night in the Kennedy Center Opera House for an advance screening of Ken Burns’s new documentary on Vietnam.
Before he showed half a dozen choice clips from his 10-part, 18-hour film, which premieres Sunday, the director asked everyone who served in the military during the war to stand so they could be recognized.
John McCain and John Kerry were among those who rose, along with other famous veterans like Bob Kerrey and Mike Mullen.
Burns then asked anyone who protested Vietnam to also stand. Dozens did.
“I couldn’t tell the difference,” the director said, referring to the two groups.
The veterans, including McCain, joined the audience in applauding the antiwar demonstrators.
That moment set a tone of reconciliation and harmony for a discussion about one of the darkest and most divisive chapters in American history.
Vietnam War Veterans Information
Vietnam War Information for Vietnam Veterans filing a VA disability claim.
