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Dying in Our Prime, No Answers for Children of Vietnam Vets

The VA denied my father’s service connected disability, and my birth defects are not recognized by the Veterans Administration.

(LANGHORNE, PA) - Please remember if you are a Vietnam Veteran, a wife of a Vietnam Veteran, or the child of a Vietnam Veteran, you are not alone.

There are thousands of us who have struggled for decades with illness, loss, and diminished quality of life due to the chemical defoliant Agent Orange.

Children of Vietnam Veterans: Their Voice Keeps Growing

COVVHA has also built a private support community for only children of Vietnam Veterans.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance, INC. (COVVHA), is an organization that was founded to address the specialized needs of the children and grand children of Vietnam Veterans.

This is a group that has been negatively affected by their parent's exposure to the herbicide, Agent Orange, during the Vietnam war.

VIDEO REPORTS: Iraq, Ten Years After...

For many the nightmare continues...

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - The dust has settled, somewhat, and the screams are fewer, as are the sounds of military aircraft thundering overhead, but Iraq remains a dangerous place.

People are hard pressed to simply raise their families and the United States is wholly responsible for killing up to 1.5 million people here during its terrible, decade long war based on bad intelligence.

Women Infantry in My Foxhole

I would welcome anybody...

(PORTLAND, OR) - This current big furor about women in combat is about the most ridiculous stuff I have ever read.

They have been in every war, every place, since time began. Likewise, they have been in every American war since 1776.

Psychopathic Training in the Military and Military Suicides

I have seen PTSD at the front lines and in my medical practice.

(PORTLAND, OR) - I am sure that most civilians have no idea that the military actually trains its soldiers and Marines to be psychopathic killers.

Veterans are Bound to Fail in Political Activities Which Civilians Can Also Do

Indian Veterans joined civilian political parties, and are still there in both houses of Parliament, but did nothing worthwhile for the martial interests of India.

(BANGALURO, India) - The entire world is in the grip of a number of crises.

The civilian leadership of powerful democracies of the world are unable to solve for the simple reason that martial elements in these democracies have not been able to define their role in this changed democratic world.

PTSD: Brainwashing, Psychopathic Training = PTSD

Yale Law School assists PTSD Veterans.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Some will think the above is "word salad" but it isn't. I speak at high schools on Veterans Day programs and I ask three questions of the collective students:

1. How many of you want to get shot at? Most usually nobody responds. 2. Who among you wants to get wounded? Nobody responds to that either. 3. Who wants to kill a human being? The silence is deafening.

SPECIAL REPORT: Agent Orange Tragedy Haunts Vietnam War Veterans

Victims say the US should accept responsibility for the war and fully support Agent Orange victims

(DaNang, Viet Nam ANN) - The forest was as silent as the dead. Everywhere he turned, Doan Hong Chuong saw rot and decay. Trees were lifeless, jungle birds decayed on the ground, and fish floated in dead ponds.

He and other soldiers from his platoon would walk through defoliated zones in central Vietnam, drink water from ponds and bomb craters and ate bananas that littered the ground.

USW Negotiates Settlement for Veteran With Compass Minerals Subsidiary

The company agreed to make two charitable donations to honor veterans as part of the settlement with Forestier and the union.

(PITTSBURGH) - Derrick Forestier was an Army Sergeant First Class who served 24 years in active duty, was deployed five times and served in combat three times.

He received many awards for his service, including the Bronze Star, and was terminated under dispute from his job with North American Salt Company.

Dioxin, TCE Drums, U-235 and El Toro`s Panhandle

What lurks beneath this old Marine base?

(IRVINE, CA) - If you wanted to hide environmental contamination, then the proposed transfer of the 900+ acres of El Toro’s panhandle from the FAA to the FBI makes sense.

The area may be contaminated with weapons grade U-235...