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Xref: sparky soc.veterans:1307 alt.war.vietnam:591 Newsgroups: soc.veterans,alt.war.vietnam Path: sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!mace.cc.purdue.edu!jewell From: jewell@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Larry Jewell) Subject: 'NamVet Newsletter, Vol.4, no.6 (1/7) Message-ID: <By3Ew1.CAG@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Followup-To: soc.veterans Sender: news@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (USENET News) Organization: Purdue University Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 01:02:24 GMT Lines: 1006 Volume 4, Number 6 June 17, 1990 . __ . . -*- N A M V E T -*- ____/ \_ . . ( * \ . . Managing Editors \ Quangtri . . -------------- \_/\ \_ Hue . . G. Joseph Peck \_Ashau Phu Bai . . Todd C. Looney \_* \_ . . \ * ) . . Distribution Manager _/ Danang . . Jerry Hindle ( \_*Chu Lai . . \_ ------- \__ . . Section Editors \_ I Corps \ . . --------------- \ ------- ! . . PTSD: Kathleen Kelly, Ph.D. /\_____ ! . . AGENT ORANGE: Martin H. Kroll, Sr. / ! \ . . MIA-POW: Rick Stolz ! !___ \ . . Glenn Toothman ! \/\____! . . HOMELESSNESS: Lefty Frizzell ! ! . . FEDERAL BENEFITS: Jim Hildwine / Dak To ! . . INCARCERATED VETS: Todd C. Looney / * / . . Joyce Flory ! \_ . . MEMORIALS: Aaron Schmiedel ! Phu Cat\ . . MEMORIES: G. Joseph Peck \ * * ) . . IN-TOUCH: Ray "Frenchy" Moreau \ Pleiku ) . . CHAPLAIN: Rev. Ed Brant \ \ . . -**- N A M V E T -**- / / . . "In the jungles of 'Nam, some of us ( -------- ! . . were scared and wary, but we pulled _\ II Corps ! . . one another along and were able / -------- \ . . to depend on each other. That has \ \ . . never changed. Today, free of the ! * / . . criticisms and misunderstandings _/ Nhatrang / . . many veterans have endured, _/ / . . NAM VET is a shining beacon, __/ ! . . a ray of hope, and a _ __/ \ ! . . reminder that the _____( )/ ! Camranh Bay . . lessons learned / !__ ! . . at such a high / \ / . . price shall not \ Bien Hoa \ / . . be forgotten - ! Chu Chi * \ __/ . . nor the errors \_ * --------- \ ___/ . . repeated!!!" ____ \ III Corps \ _/ . . / \_____) )_(_ --------- !__/ Duplication in . . ! ( ___/ any form permitted . . _____! \__ * ___/ for NONCOMMERCIAL . . ! Saigon/ purposes ONLY! . . \___ -------- / \/ . . \ IV Corps / For other use, contact: . . ) -------- / Managing Editors . . / ! Todd C. Looney (408) 947-8439 . . / ____/ G. Joseph Peck (413) 442-1660 . . / Mekong/ . . ! Delta/ This newsletter is comprised of articles . . ! ____/ and items from individuals and other . . ! / sources. We are not responsible for the . . ! / content of this information nor are any of . . ! __/ NAM VETs contributors or Section Editors. . . \_/ gjp . . . NAM VET Newsletter Page i Volume 4, Number 6 June 17, 1990 ================================================================== T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S 1. EDITORIALS TDY: Faith n' Footprints ................................ 1 Reflections in Memorium .................................. 3 2. Agent Orange Agent Orange Update, June 1990 ........................... 5 Break out the Clearsil <tm>! ............................. 9 3. Veteran Benefits & Info Veteran Service Commissioners/Directors .................. 10 REUNION UPDATE ........................................... 12 4. Missing!!! Our POWs are Expendable .................................. 48 To Remember and Honor .................................... 49 They Haven't Forgotten US!!! ............................. 50 5. Memories n' Special Articles The War Came Home with Them .............................. 51 Vets Ambushed ............................................ 56 The Wall, Your Wall, My Wall ............................. 57 Mother Writes to Son Killed in Vietnam ................... 58 Wife Sees Cruelty of Her Vietnam Apathy .................. 60 Public Apology ........................................... 62 6. When the Chaplain whispers... A New Fight New Weapons .................................. 64 The Electronic Chapel .................................... 66 7. Hearts & Minds Doctor Helps Vets Deal with Vietnam ...................... 67 A Study of the War Dreams of VN Combat Vets .............. 70 8. In-Touch - New Service!!! In-Touch: What is it??? .................................. 86 In Touch Application Form ................................ 89 9. Concentrated Service NamVet/IVVEC Concentrated Service Report ................. 91 10. IVVEC & NamVet - WHERE? NamVet Roll Call ......................................... 92 IVVEC Nodelist ........................................... 94 Some Gave All ............................................ 97 NAM VET Newsletter Page ii Volume 4, Number 6 June 17, 1990 ================================================================== E D I T O R I A L S ================================================================== TDY: Faith n' Footprints By: G. Joseph Peck NAM VET Managing Editor VETLink #1 - Pittsfield, MA (413) 443-6313 "Footprints" I remember the poem. Saw it the first time when I was battlin' for custody of the children of my first marriage. It came at a time I sorely needed it. "Footprints" - a poem that sorta goes like: "Hey Lord! Ya said you'd ALWAYS be with me! I had a dream the other night. You and I were walking along the beach. Suddenly scenes of my past life flashed across the sky. For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand - one belonged to me and the others were yours. When the last scenes of my life flashed by, I noticed that during the roughest, toughest times along my pathway of life, there was only ONE set of footprints. You said you'd ALWAYS walk with me! Why was there only ONE set? 'My precious, precious child,' said the Lord. 'When you noticed only ONE set of footprints, it was THEN that 'I' carried you." "Footprints" Many times in MY life, the ones in the sand sure weren't mine - even though it was MY life's path I was lookin' at... Many of you out here in "NamVet-world" know that I've been sorta beset by one crisis situation after another for the past few months. THIS month, I've been HAMMERED by 'em... One rainy, thunderstorm-type night I shut off VETLink #1 to protect it from any static electricity. When I turned it back on, it wouldn't come on. 1 motherboard; 1 power supply; 1 multi-I/O board; lotta disk reformatting/backing up and a lot of hours and VETLink #1 was back on-line and limping along... The "Footprints" then looked a little like Lefty's... and a little further on down the path, they look like they've been added to by a fellow vet named Randy when it came to getting our original hard disk put back in operating order... (Boy! You guys gots BIG feet!!!) Job after job I've applied for. Job after job I've interviewed for. And job after job, I've received letters that stated "Your qualifications are impressive. A person with your talents will do well. However..." "Footprints" - they really weren't mine then either. The US Postal Service, after all our concentrated efforts to finally find this disabled vet a job (ME), advised me that even if I were allowed to take the exam for a postal custodian, there's still a lifting requirement (ya MUST be able to lift continuously 70=75lbs). The VA says I can't lift more than 5-15 lbs. The Postal Service said they'd have to disqualify me for that job. ("But that'll be GOOD for your wife," they said. "Then SHE can NAM VET Newsletter Page 1 Volume 4, Number 6 June 17, 1990 have your ten-points veterans' preference!") "Footprints" - Lord I KNOW ya got a reason for all this... In our December, 1989 CONCENTRATED SERVICE section I input the basic situation concerning the house/home of my family and I. In today's (6/17/90) local paper there appeared an advertisement notifying our local community of a public auction of our house/home on 22 June 90. "Footprints" - At first I saw two sets of 'em, mine and the God I sincerely believe in. One set seems to be fading away just now... Moderating the IVVEC... takes a special energy; a long, long look at wisdom and constant thinking about "What's GOOD for the echo" ... Even with many not-positive comments, IVVEC managed to right itself and find the direction in which it was originally sent: To BE that haven, resting place for all vets and their close friends. I've discovered that a LOT of "moderating" can be done by "sitting and watching, letting the 'quiet' voices speak out - and they've done well.. "Footprints" - There are some real good ones in IVVEC... I've seen so many of you logging on to VETLink #1 and looking for this month's NamVet. There have been 52 file requests for it. All have resulted in "File Not Found" messages - or "BAD_REQUEST.TXT" ... Our Chief Emeritus (Retired Chief) has been resurrected <grin> and is typin' his fingers to the bone to get this issue out. "Footprints" - Now Todd's join the crowd... Oh my! The whole beach is filled with nothing but footprints!!! NamVet... IVVEC... the VetNet echoes... help with broken computers and software puzzles.... help with broken hard disks... help with it all... I'm GLAD there's so many footprints out here... "Footprints" of the toughest, most persistent and determined veterans in ALL of American history..." I'm GLAD too, that one of 'em MIGHT be mine... but for now, when I NEED it most, I think I'm being carried. Thanx guys n' gals... really THANX!!! I HOPE I'll still be around for next month's issue..... but that is in hands much more powerful than mine. I'll give it MY best shot - and my family and I ARE tryin' our best... 'til Next Month Show a brother or sister veteran that YOU care!!! Ci'ao for Ni'ao -Joe- NAM VET Newsletter Page 2 Volume 4, Number 6 June 17, 1990 Reflections in Memorium By: Todd Looney NAM VET Managing Editor Vietnam Veterans' Valhalla - San Jose, CA (408) 298-2740 Memorial Day has always had a special meaning to me, as I am sure it does to most veterans whether they've seen combat or not. It is a time I reflect back on the many friends who died in Vietnam nearly two decades ago, and to the cause for which they gave their lives. I know at the time many of us were not too clear about why we were in southeast Asia, and many of us are still a little fuzzy on that issue, but I believe most of us are now proud of the part we played in America's history, regardless of its outcome. I am happy to see that a great majority of Americans now feel better about us veterans. It is hard sometimes to forgive them for putting me and my brothers and sisters through the hell we had to endure after returning to the "real world", but I have come to a point where I can put those feelings aside and take what society has to offer now at face value. This Memorial Day, 1990, I strolled slowly through the national cemetery between San Jose and San Francisco, past the countless stones marking the remains of literally thousands of young men and women who died for this country during past wars. I could not help but be overwhelmed at the sense of loss as though I knew each and every one of them, which in a way I suppose I did. The veterans of the Vietnam "war" are not that different from the veterans of WWI, WWII, or the Korean conflict if you look at them long enough. We were all traumatized by our experiences, and many of us still suffer today because of what we did and what we saw. Most of us were still kids when we donned the uniforms and answered our country's call to arms. Most of us left sweethearts at home and the concept of "Dear John" lingered throughout each era. We thought about the same things while we were fighting on foreign shores, and we all believed in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And too many of us died. I could not staunch the flow of the tears running down my face as I sauntered among the headstones thinking about who lay beneath each of them. All the pain they went through to protect the country they loved so dearly as to give up their lives for her. And for the Vietnam veterans, all the pain they suffered in the grave not being permitted to rest until America finally, at long last, allowed them to go their etherial way in peace. I want to apologize for this month's issue of the NAM VET being late. Nothing could have been done to prevent it. So many things are happening with both Joe and I at the same time that we just couldn't get it out on time. Thank you for your patience, as you can see, it was worth it. I hope that we gave credit where credit was due and didn't put someone eles byline on your story. I think we got it right, but you're a better judge than we at this point. Joe's system crashed and he did his darndest to get everthing straightened out. I think he did a superb job. So this is really a skeleton issue. Things have really changed, I remember when Joe and I were hollering with joy when we had twenty pages. Now look at it! 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Kroll NAM VETs Agent Orange Section Editor Fort Mountain BBS - Chatsworth, Ga. 30705 (404) 695-8703 As the mountain of evidence and information pertaining to Agent Orange continues to pile up it would seem that our government would be forced to cave in and award benefits to veterans that have been exposed, and they have..... to a certain degree. The health problems that qualify for receiving benefits due to "service in Vietnam" do not even come close to recognizing all of the ills that can be attributed to Agent Orange exposure. We are now in a period of time where we are seeing the efforts to obtain benefits taking on a frenzied pace and many accusative fingers are being pointed. The public at large is becoming more interested in the Agent Orange issue as the drama unfolds. Government officials are now beginning to realize that it could indeed be a fatal mistake to continue to deny the Agent Orange link to health problems suffered by our Vietnam veterans, and to continue to deny just compensation and health care may very well be political suicide. Congress held hearings in late April to address the issues that have been brought up this session. According to DAV Magazine (June, 1990), the 101st Congress will be dealing with bills pertaining to Agent Orange. The following is quoted from the June, 1990 issue of DAV: "One piece of legislation being considered would provide presumptions of service connection for NHL, soft tissue sarcoma, melanoma and basal cell carcinoma, and chloracne. The bill, sponsored by Congressman Lane Evans (D-Ill.), would also allow the VA Secretary to add diseases to service- connection status based on the findings of an independent, scientific contract organization." The VA Deputy Secretary Anthony J. Principi has asked that the bill be held until October when the VA completes it's rule making process concerning disability claims related to Agent Orange exposure. This gives us plenty of time to write letters to our Congressmen letting them know just how we feel about the issue. Coupled with the fact that this is an election year, we can stand to gain quite a bit now by a letter writing campaign that is relentless. The clause which would allow the VA Secretary to add diseases to service- connection status is very important. Also of much importance is just which scientific contract organization will be awarded the job of compiling and analyzing all of the information. I don't think that very many of us would be pleased to find such an organization as the CDC in that NAM VET Newsletter Page 5 Volume 4, Number 6 June 17, 1990 position. On another front I feel compelled to congratulate the American Legion's National Commander, Miles S. Epling for continuing to tell it like it is! Using terms such as "voodoo research" and "wholesale scientific fraud", he is certainly untiring in his efforts to expose the CDC and the government's attempts to cover up the truth. In Mile's June 1990 Commander's Message to the American Legion Membership, he stated "CDC studied a grand total of 166 Vietnam veterans with cancers, and they didn't even develop an exposure index to determine how much the veterans had actually been exposed to Agent Orange. CDC had no way of knowing the extent or duration of exposure. Instead, CDC used the very technique it had roundly condemned when used by others: "self reporting." That means they took the Veterans word for it." If you have been following my articles and letters, you have noticed that I have stated how disgusted I am in the way the government and the CDC has handled this whole thing. Now we find that it has taken over $63,000,000 of our taxpayer's money for the CDC to examine and "interview" a mere 166 Vietnam veterans. Apparently, I am not the only one that is disgusted since Miles Epling went on further to state: "Then this reputable institution declared that it was unable to conduct the Agent Orange study it had proposed. Couldn't find enough veterans. Couldn't prove exposure. Couldn't do this; couldn't do that." "That's pretty interesting, especially so since the Army and the National Academy of Sciences developed a comprehensive record of Agent Orange sprayings in Vietnam, and they can document which units were exposed. Moreover, CDC had these records in it's possession. Even though CDC couldn't find a study group of qualified veterans with the $63 million it had to do the job, The American Legion and Columbia University were able to do so with much less than $100,000." "Our results underwent scientific peer review and were published in the prestigious scientific journal "Environmental Research". Our study used nearly 7,000 Vietnam veterans, half of whom served in Vietnam, some in areas identified and verified by DoD records as having been sprayed with Agent Orange. The other half, the control group, were veterans who had not served in Vietnam." Miles Epling is correct in asserting that this is "pretty interesting". I think that it is more than "pretty interesting" in regards to the CDC spending $63 million dollars to study 166 Vietnam veterans. As a taxpayer I would like to know just how they spent all of that money! I would like to see how they justify their expenditures for the results that they have obtained. Miles goes further with his message by stating "Look at the record on Agent Orange. Congress mandates a study. VA fumbles the ball. CDC picks it up. CDC piddles away at least $63 million and no one even questions where the money went. CDC ignores Congress' mandate to do an Agent Orange study, and finally conducts a study not related to Agent Orange. The findings, dubious at best, are released and the Washington bandwagon quickly fills with people ready to NAM VET Newsletter Page 6 Volume 4, Number 6 June 17, 1990 applaud and lay this chapter behind us. Meanwhile, the Air Force conducted it's Ranch Hand Study, altered the results, falsely reported the findings, and hardly anyone murmured a complaint. Dr. James Clary, who blew the whistle on that one, asserted what we already know: herbicides made with dioxin can kill you. He admitted that the chemical companies cut corners making the military version of Agent Orange, greatly increasing it's potency. "However," he said, "because the material was to be used on the enemy, none of us were overly concerned. We never considered a scenario in which our own personnel would become contaminated." This brings to mind some of my own research findings pertaining to Agent Orange. Agent Orange usage was in the planning stages for several years before it was actually sprayed. In a memo to President Kennedy, Secretary of State Rusk stated that it was of utmost importance that the US Government not be associated with the chemical companies in order to avoid being accused of "chemical warfare" in Vietnam. He went further to state that they must place emphasis on "it's only weed killers." Why would he make these statements unless he knew at the time that Agent Orange and some of the other chemicals used were indeed harmful to the health of humans? It also bothers me that Agent Orange seems to be taking center stage while all of the other chemicals used (and there are many) are being overlooked. We know that Agent Orange is extremely toxic, but if a new study is instituted then the focus will be on Agent Orange. Many ailments that could possibly be related to some of the other chemicals may not be linked to Agent Orange exposure. Of course this would mean that many veterans that were exposed to dangerous chemicals may never receive the treatment or compensation that they should have. We should demand that ALL chemicals used in Vietnam be considered in any future studies! It would be too easy to overlook them at this point considering all of the fervor surrounding "Agent Orange" at this point. If you are concerned about the outcome of these issues you can do a lot to help by just sitting down and writing letters to your Congress people.... Form letters do not do much good because members of Congress realize that form letters are usually the efforts of a handful of people and many people will sign them just to be going along with the crowd. Original letters though carry clout. It is accepted that for every original letter received, there are a thousand more people out there that hold the same beliefs. It is easy to see that a thousand original letters will mean much more than several million "form letters". I urge you again to sit down at the keyboard and peck out letters to your representatives in Congress, sign them and mail them. Show copies of them to your friends and encourage them to do the same! In closing for this month, I would like to quote Miles Epling one more time..... "Every time this charade replays itself, the leaders of veterans' organizations are counseled to give "measured NAM VET Newsletter Page 7 Volume 4, Number 6 June 17, 1990 responses": let's reason together and work out our differences. Enough is enough! Apparently some in Washington don't realize that real, live people are dying all across the country from rare disorders that shouldn't be occurring. They aren't statistics; they are flesh and blood human beings who did their duty when their country called. I've said it before: Vietnam veterans are being studied to death in the name of science and politics. We don't need another atomic-veteran chapter in our nation's history. This insanity must cease." Write those letters now friends. Your help "IS" important, and a few letters will certainly not take up that much of your time. They could mean the difference though for the many veterans, wives, and children that so desperately need the proper health care. | | |____====________ ||__________}____)==================|) =============---------------------===_____ /| | | | |\\ \________|__________|_________|_________|/ \\(O)___(O)___(O)___(O)___(O)___(O)// NAM VET Newsletter Page 8 Volume 4, Number 6 June 17, 1990 _ ______ _______ __ _ _______ /\\ H M H H\\ H HHHHHHH / \\ H H H \\ H H /====\\ H HHH HHH H \\ H H / \\ H_____H H______ H \\H H ______ ______ _ __ _ ______ _______ H H H /) /\\ H\\ H H M H H H H____// / \\ H \\ H H H H H H \\ /====\\ H \\ H H HHH HHH H_____H H \\ / \\ H \\H H_____M H______ . _ . _ . . -.- . - . - . -. - . - - - - . - - - - .- - . . . - - -. - . . . . . . . -. -. . . . U S . - -. - . . . . - . . - -. - . . . - - . . -. - . .. 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" -Robert Nimmo- NAM VET Newsletter Page 9 Volume 4, Number 6 June 17, 1990 ================================================================== V e t e r a n B e n e f i t s & I n f o ================================================================== Veteran Service Commissioners/Directors VETERAN SERVICE INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT VETLink #1 VETLink #1 and its sponsor, Berkshire Veterans Center, Inc., have been in the process of creating an on-line database/information referral source for our nations veterans and their dependents. We've sent a letter to the Director/Commissioner of all 50 states and a few territories requesting any veteran-related information they'd wish to share. To date, we've received replies from the following states/territories: ALABAMA (Frank D. Wilkes, Director) ALASKA (Charles T. Borg, Director) CALIFORNIA (Jesse G. Ugalde, Director) CONNECTICUT (Joseph C. Barber, Deputy Commissioner) FLORIDA (S. F. Stover, Director) GEORGIA (Pete Wheeler, Commissioner) ILLINOIS (John W. Johnston, Director) INDIANA (S. Jeanne Loveless, Program Coordinator) IOWA (Dale Renaud, Director) LOUISIANA (Printice A. Darnell, Executive Director) MINNESOTA (Terrence A. Logan, Director, Agency Relations) MISSOURI (William V. Haynes, Director) NEW HAMPSHIRE (Conrad V. Moran, Director) NEW JERSEY (William G. Kowalski, Director) NEW YORK (Tom Lewis, Director) NORTH CAROLINA (Charles F. Smith, Assistant Director) OHIO (Col. John P. Seimer <Ret>, Director of Veteran's Affairs) PENNSYLVANIA (Joseph R. Clelan, Director) RHODE ISLAND (Michael F. Gallagher, Casework Supervisor) SOUTH CAROLINA (Bill J. Sams Director) TEXAS (Texas Veterans' Commission/ Garry Mauro - Land Board) VERMONT (Ms. Lyn Boisjoli, Director - State Veterans Affairs) VIRGIN ISLANDS (Verne I. Richards) WEST VIRGINIA (G. L. Harper, Veterans Affairs Chief) WISCONSIN (John J. Maurer, Secretary of Veterans' Affairs) We presently have on-file (but not on-line) state veteran information from Massachusetts, in addition to copies of Title 38, USC and many veteran organization Service Officer manuals and pamphlets. If you live in any of the states/territories listed below -OR- know the CURRENT Director/Commissioner's Address, PLEASE let us know so that we can get a letter off to 'em and collect the information a veteran may need in the near future: RETURNED - We need CURRENT Names & Addresses for: ARIZONA: Arizona Veterans Service Commission - Last known to be in Phoenix, AZ 85013 KANSAS - We need CURRENT Name & Address! NEVADA: Commission for Veterans' Affairs - Last known to be in Reno, NV 89502 NORTH DAKOTA: Department of Veterans' Affairs NAM VET Newsletter Page 10 Volume 4, Number 6 June 17, 1990 Last known to be in Fargo, ND 58107 MISSISSIPPI: Veterans' Affairs Commission - Last known to be in Jackson, MS 39205 UTAH: Administrator of Veterans' Affairs Last known to be in Salt Lake City, UT 84115 We are STILL trying to find names and addresses for: PANAMA: No Director/Commissioner address found WYOMING: No Director/Commissioner address found If you've got veteran-related information that you feel would be helpful to another veteran if s/he found it on-line, please send it to: G. Joseph Peck, President BERKSHIRE VETERANS' CENTER, INC. Post Office Box 2056 Pittsfield, MA 01202 or place a message in the VIETNAM_VETERANS Echo __________ \ VETLINK \ _____) SERVICE )_____ _________(____(________(______(@) ) ) / O O O O O O O O O/_/| /<> O O O O O O O O O/ | /MM O O O O O O O MM/ | / ___________ / . /O (___________) O O/. (====================( NAM VET Newsletter Page 11 Volume 4, Number 6 June 17, 1990 * * * R E U N I O N U P D A T E * * * By: Glen Kepler, [USN] SYSOP Input By: Terrell Domek [USA] CO-SYSOP THE UNITED STATES VETERANS BBS 3400 Abbott Avenue North Robbinsdale, Minnesota 55422 612-522-2026 [NODE 1] 612-522-0166 [NODE 2] 612-522-8700 [NODE 3] 612-588-7563 [VOICE 2200-1045 HRS] 612-522-0756 [VOICE 1115-2100 HRS] * * * * * In a recent conversation with G. Joseph Peck I was asked about the possibility of providing a monthly listing of reunion notices for publication in the NamVet Newsletter. Following is the first installment of reunion notices. Readers are encouraged to submit their notices to us for publication. The United States Veterans BBS has over 3000 reunion notices ON-LINE and we are adding about 500 per month. The U.S. Vets BBS has over 5300 Veteran & Shareware files ON-LINE, the complete NAMVET Newsletter collection, we are a distributer of the Modem News Magazine, Master POW/MIA listings, 3 Nodes, 720 MB, Veteran Locator database and more. VR Glen "Kep" Kepler * * * * * AIR FORCE REUNIONS AIRWAYS & AIR COMMUNICATIONS Contact the AACS Alumni Association, Attn: Ray Arnold, 7524 Blue Stone, Reno, NV 89511. Telephone: (702) 853-9537 (OR) Vietta A. Dowd, 1624C Beekman Place, Washington, DC 20009. Telephone (202) 483-5577. 8th SER.GP./11th SER.SQD/482nd SER.SQ 8th Service Group, 11th Service Squadron, 482nd Service Squadron, HQ Squadron (WWII). Contact COL John J. Heckler, USAF (Ret.), 76 East Harbor Drive, Teaticket, MA 02536. Telephone (508) 540-1303. 406th FIGHTER GROUP (WWII) Contact 406th Fighter Group WWII, Communications Center, 1100 Browning Ave. NW, PO Box 2295, North Canton, OH 44720-1829. Telephones: (voice) (216)494-6318, (216) 499-8310 (OR) (FAX) (216) 492-9622. 406th FIGHTER GROUP (WWII) Contact 406th Fighter Group Reunion c/o Martin Levy, 111 Prospect HL, Nashville, TN 37205. Telephone: (615) 292-1148. NAM VET Newsletter Page 12 Volume 4, Number 6 June 17, 1990 4TH AIR DEPOT GRP, Sep 1990, Contact: James Purt, 1620 E. Central Ave., Miamisburg, OH 45342 Telephone: (513)866-5314 9TH SERV SQ, 321ST SERV GRP, 13TH AAF, June 1990, Contact: Laurence Mirick, 14 Grasswood Ln, Rockland, MA 02370 Telephone: (617)878-3934 27TH AIR DEPOT GRP, May 1990, Contact: John Laurent, 11036 Landfair, Batob Rouge, LA 70818 Telephone: (504)261-7666 29TH AIR SERV GRP, 13TH AF, July 1990, Contact: Frank Pace, 315 W. 15th St., Dover, OH 44622 Telephone: (216)343-7855 39TH BOMB GRP (VH) 20TH AAF, Aug 1990, Contact: James Wyckoff, 2714 E. Hayts Corners Rd., Ovid, NY 14521 Telephone: (607)869-2574 53RD FIGHTER GRP, May 1990, Contact: Elmer Johnson, 1815 SE 6th Terr., Cape Coral, FL 33990 Telephone: (813)574-4044 55TH WEATHER RECON. SQ, 20TH AF, June 1990, Contact: Jim Flannery, 169 Durham Rd., Penndel, PA 19047 Telephone: (215)752-5102 60TH TRP. CARRIER GRP, July 1990, Contact: John Diamantakos, 3525 Lynngate Cir., Birmingham, AL 35216 Telephone: (205)823-4747 63RD GLIDER GRP, Sep 1990, Contact: Jesse Ericksen, Rt. 1, Box 132K, Bates City, MO 64011 80th fighter grp (cbi), Sep 1990, Contact: Gale Lyons, 19323 Keep Tryst Rd., Knoxville, MD 21758 Telephone: (301)834-8126 81ST FIGHTER SQ. (WWII), May 1990, Contact: 81st Fighter Sq. Committee, Box 162882, Altamonte Springs, FL 32716 91ST BOMB GRP (H), 8TH AF, Aug 1990, Contact: Charles Hackstock, 14224 SE 288th St., Kent, WA 98042 Telephone: (206)631-3978 306TH AIRDROME SQ, Sep 1990, Contact: Joseph Glatfelter, 1714 S. Urban Way, Lakewood, CO 80228 Telephone: (303)985-2532 341ST FTR. SQ., 348TH FTR. GRP, Sep 1990, Contact: Orlow Johnson, 237 NE 141st St., North Miami, FL 33161 Telephone: (305)893-8052 344TH SERV. SQ, 13TH AF, Sep 1990, Contact: Jerome Peppers, 438 Coronado Dr., Fairborn, OH 45324 Telephone: (513)878-7068 NAM VET Newsletter Page 13 Volume 4, Number 6 June 17, 1990 352ND FTR. GRP ASSN., Oct 1990, Contact: Richard DeBruin, 234 N. 74th St., Milwaukee, WI 53213 Telephone: (414)771-0744 421ST AAF BASE UNIT, May 1990, Contact: Nav Murphy, 3739 S. 91st E. Ave., Tulsa, OK 74145 Telephone: (918)627-3688 781ST BOMB SQ, 465TH BOMB GRP, Aug 1990, Contact: James Althoff, 2 Mt. Vernon Ln., Atherton, CA 94025 Telephone: (415)325-8356 801ST/492ND BOMB GRP, Sep 1990, Contact: John Walker, 2355 Penbrook Pl., Cordova, TN 38018 Telephone: (901)388-8003 1409TH/1415TH ATC BASE UNITS, June 1990, Contact: Sune Lundberg, 1194 Washoe Dr., San Jose, CA 95120 Telephone: (408)268-3942 1886TH ENGR AVN BN, Sep 1990, Contact: Elvin Hizel, 6749 Depew, Arvada, CO 80003 Telephone: (303)424-0262 3RD STRST. SUPPORT SQ, Oct 1990, Contact: Clark King, Rt. 1, Box 134, Thayer, KS 66776 Telephone: (316)839-5412 11TH AIR FORCE, Aug 1990, Contact: Ralph Bartholomew, 615 Stedman St., Ketchikan, AK 99901 Telephone: (907)225-2121 11TH BOMB GRP.,(H) ASSOC., May 1990, Contact: Robert May, Box 637, Seffner, FL 33584 -- #L.W. Jewell Moderator at the Veterans Information Site (veteran@cc.purdue.edu)# #& WWII-L Listowner: "Sunday's horoscope is note worthy because of its strange,# #sudden and wholly unpredictable and inexplicable occurrences, affecting all # #phases of life." "Your Horoscope" L.A. Evening Herald Express, Sat, 12/06/41 #