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This
newsletter is early this week. We will
be leaving early Friday morning for a cruise to Bermuda, leaving from
Jack Trimmer is undergoing radiation
treatments for prostrate cancer. If
you would like his address, we are leaving on Friday morning early, so
contact me ASAP.
Claire Kokidko called advising
us that Walt Morris passed away. Walt
Morris, S1/C F
Div. 1943-1946 Date of Death 04/30/07 Walt
left a son Grady Morris. Again,
if you would like the address, please contact me ASAP as we are leaving early
Friday morning. Click the URL if you
would like to sign his Guest Book. http://www.legacy.com/SalisburyPost/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStoryPrint&PersonID=87707757
Non-Member
Received the following
from Ed Gavin, our VP I want to share this with all of you who might be interested. My wife Jane has been asked to speak before a D.A.R. meeting here
in N.C. to share our experiences with the V.A. and post hospital care our
troops are receiving. Following are 3 emails that show the dialogue with son John and
his experience with the John's attitude regarding the media is right on and shared by
all his friends still on active duty. SEMPER FI ED Hi! I
want to share with you response from son John when I asked for his help in preparing
a talk I have been asked to give to a DAR chapter in We also cannot
forget to continue to encourage and support our troops and their
families. The old saying "Freedom is not free" needs to be
remembered daily. Jane Gavin
I will write more details of my injury and treatment in
another e-mail. This is the e-mail that I sent John Boyle of the Asheville
Citizen Times when he asked veterans to sound off about VA care. He called me
hours after I sent him this and asked for pictures. I sent him several
photos. He asked if he could quote me in the upcoming article. I said yes.
When the article was printed I was not mentioned, quoted, or acknowledged.
Instead there were several veterans featured with negative comments and
hardly a mention of the veterans that had responded positively. As we know,
journalists believe that negative news is the best news. I must say that I
have not been very vocal or active in telling people that I was in this war
and that I was wounded in battle and this is one reason why. I feel I will be
ignored and misunderstood. Most Americans (especially journalists and
politicians) will never know the taste of battle and the stress and
nightmares that can follow that experience. They fail to see that support,
trust, and respect must be given to the soldiers at home in order for them to
succeed overseas. These petty and selfish politicians and journalists seem
to say and write anything in order to further their own career (Forget
doing actual research and telling the truth!). Meanwhile, the 98% of the VA
care system that deserves to be praised and thanked is getting put down. Thanks for doing a presentation on this issue. I am sure
you will do a great job. John Mr. John Boyle, I am an Iraqi Freedom campaign veteran. I live in
the Big Sandymush community near The treatment and surgeries provided to me in Now, as a civilian and a veteran, the V.A. system has
continued the fine care. I have always been seen promptly and received the
appropriate care at the Like any
bureaucracy the paperwork can be confusing and off-putting. One suggestion to
the V.A. system would be to provide more Veterans Advocates to help navigate
the paper trail. |
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