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"God bless Ed. At least he was recognized while he lived, and his story told on national news upon his death. I stood up and saluted his picture."
"They are deliberately not approving US Navy unless you can prove "boots on the ground" bull. They don't want blue water navy!"
"GOD BLESS YOU AND DAM THE VA! GLAD YOU are here to tell us!"
"I hope you have those suck egg politicians envolved!"
"I have had another TIA and hospitalized 2 weeks 2 days. Second stroke and 1 heart attack. Agent orange, not anything else. Effected my right side."
"I just had a Navy Veteran retired CPO, who was on the USS Kitty Hawk in Vietnam. He has had diabeties for years and just lost his left leg. The VA raised his disability, but told him it was'nt because of Agent Orange!!!! Deny deny deny NAVY, that is…"
"They sent me for a falopian tube...i went to my rack...they found me and asked what was i doing in rack? I answered looking for a falopian tube...."
"I am a 1965-66 Navy Destroyer Vietnam Veteran I suffered 4-5 strokes in 1995 and placed a claim in 1996. I have had 4-5 claims in for Ischemic Heart Disease. I had a heart attack in 2008. We operated on the "gun line" for so long, we had to go…"
"I was a 1965-66 Navy Vietnam Vet no matter what the VA says. They are now calling us ERA if we did'nt have two witneses to say we stepped foot in Vietnam, I was on board the USS Fred T Berry DD 858. We supplied gun fire support for anyone who…"
"I crossed on the way to Vietnam. It was a pleasurable memory. It is sad that it is caused "hazen" now. It was all voluntary, just like going into the Navy."
"I remember seeing pictures of the Regulus in the launch mode aboard the Regulus. it was surfaced and sitting at a angle with a small wing. I was in USN 1962 to 1968...ON BOARD BOOMERS 1965-1968"
"Alvin E Thomas USS Fred T Berry DD 858 Vietnam 1966...it arouses my anomosity that we elected a Democrate as President. A person and party that no longer relates to American values. There way will be demonstrated by the new medical bill. This will…"
"HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL THE SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN! GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU SAFE. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE TO COUNTRY. IF YOU RECEIVE ANY INJURIES DOCUMENT IT GOOD. DON'T COUNT ON VA NOR THE MILITARY, BECAUSE NEITHER CARE IN LATER YEARS! ALWAYS…"
"I WAS A BOOMER TOO. QUALIFIED ON THE USS THOMAS JEFFERSON SSBN 618 0CTOBER 1968. DID OUR PATROLS OUT OF HOLY LOCH...AFTER DOING 14 MONTHS IN VIETNAM. I WAS ET2 (SS) THIS IS GREAT!!!!!! YOU DID A 4.0 JOB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!"
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The Halibut was an SSGN (before the ballistic missles).
We carried Regulus I missles. Basically a radar guided jet plane with a huge warhead. We had to surface and bring the Missile on deck in order to fire it. Total time on the surface was about 12 minutes. We patrolled the north Pacific off of the Kamchatka penninsula. We were permitted to wear the Ballistic Missile Patrols pin since we were doing the same kind of patrols before the Ballistic missile boats arrived at Pearl Harbor (mid 1960's). Glad to have you aboard. Enjoy.
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