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"Wow, I can't believe that I missed this question. Jerry, all honorably discharged veterans with service after 180 days and all veterans who were honorably discharged due to medical reasons regardless of length of service are entitled to VA health…"
"I THINK EVERYONE WHO ARE VETERNS SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET VA HOSPITAL OR OUT PATIENT CARE IF YOU SERVED OVERSEAS OR STATESIDE ,IF YOU WERE A WARTIME VET OR IF YOU WERE NOT. NO ONE IN MOST CASES PICKS WHERE THEY GO. YOU GO WHERE THEY SEND YOU. I SERVED…"
"I served aboard the USS Bonn Homme Richard CVA-31 from Sept.1958 to Nov.1961.Your blog say`s that I`am a Vietnam vet (Jan.1,1961 to Aug.14,1974).At the Vietnam memorial here in NYC they have a plaque that says the war was from 1959 to 1974.I was in…"
"If you served before 1974 you should have received the National Defense Service Ribbon. The Navy wasn't much on giving out ribbons "Just for being in the Navy" and I agree with them. You got ribbons and medals for being lucky or unlucky enough to…"
"The Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon was established in May 1980 and made retroactive to August 1974.
The Overseas Service Ribbon was established June 1987
That means any of us who served before 1974 are out of luck. A lot of us also missed out on…"
The Overseas Service Ribbon was established June 1987
That means any of us who served before 1974 are out of luck. A lot of us also missed out on…"
"I WILL AGREE, IT WAS HELL THEN, AND THE BRIDGE SURE LOOKS DIFFERENT"
"I think that half the cost would be the cost of postage, still a small price to pay for the dedicated and difficult service these warriors performed in every imaginable environment and location for half a century, an effort that literally ended the…"
"thanks for the email. my cousin doesn't have an email address, but i will have him send you a message when i see him thanks again
Jerry"
Jerry"
"MY COUSIN SERVED ON THE USS COONTZ DDG 40 IN 1970, HE WAS TRANSFERED TO THE COONTZ AFTER THE USS INGERSOL WAS DECOMMISIONED. WAS WONDERING IF YOU KNEW HIM OR SOMEONE WHO KNEW HIM. HIS NAME WAS SHANNON RHODES. HE WAS A GUNNERS MATE. MYSELF AND HIM…"
"LIKED JIM'S COMMENT ONCE A NAVY MAN ALWAYS A NAVY MAN SO TRUE"
"HE Y PAUL, LOOKING AT THAT TDE-1 IT SURE BROUGHT BACK MEMORES, IT WS ALMOT LIKE I COULD SEE US MARCHING UP TO THE SHIP 40 YEAS AGO, ."
"SEEMED LIKE THE 4 YRS OF DUTY LASTED FOREVER. WAS SITTING HERE DRINKING CUP OF COFFEE THINKING ABOUT THE 42 YEARS SINCE I JOINED UP. IT WENT SO FAST."
"I WAS IN COMPANY 083. FROM JAN 69-MARCH-69 WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO WAS IN OUR COMPANY. OUR COMMANDER WAS NAMED WRIGHT. I HAVE A PICTURE OF OUR COMPANY WITH THE RTC FLAG AND SAN DEIGO . IT HANGS OVER MY WORK BENCH IN MY SHOP. I THINK ABOUT…"
"THANKS JIM, YEAH BOY I REMEMBER THE TDE1.. GLAD THEY LEFT IT."
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Jerry
Send your cousins e-mail address and I will send him the information on the Coontz reunion. Or call me 805 320 3318
Red Bennett FTM-2 1963-64