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"i was aboard uss great sitkin ae17 from 1965-1967.i now know for the three months the ship spent in the hoboken shipyards we had to sleep and eat on the ship while they removed the white snow from the ship,i now know from other shipmates that this…"
"mike,you are not going to believe this but i have just recieved notice from the va that i have to go to the va 6/25/2012 to have a tv hookup with the va traveling board.maybe they are finally believing me of what happened that night.i send you an e…"
" while they removed all the asbestos and lead paint we spent 90 days in the hoboken, n.j. we had to eat sleep and work on the ship while this was going on it always looked like it was snowing and it is was everywhere. back in the 60`s we didn`t know…"
"after 7years trying to get the navy to admit to anything that was wrong and dangerous I contacted a lot of my shipmates and got letters from them telling what did happen. and I finally am having my case re -opened. I will keep everyone about what…"
"stephan, i think the only way to get something done in d.c. is to write the t.v. networks or the newspapers,and tell them what a screwing we are getting by our illustrious gen. shinsecki who runs the v.a. the v.a. recieved a ton of money from…"
"co.69 2/14/1963 to may 1963. coldest damn place on earth."
"spent 10 days there in 1966 hernia operation. best damn food I ever had in the navy."
"two weeks ago a navy vet set himself on fire outside a v.a. clinic in northfield nj looking for help. he leaves behind two small children and a wife.please pray for them."
"it has a name it is called liberalism."
" the VA hearings go to the c-span archives and watch the hearing from 11/02/2015. you will see how corrupt and criminal the veterans administration really is and why our veterans are being screwed day after day. it made me sick to my stomach to see…"
"in the 60`s it was great lakes Illinois."
"try re arming with an ammo ship and a oiler to port and the oiler loses steering.re-armed the uss enterprise when we had a fire in the resistor house.a couple of destroyers lost steering nothing but fun,fun,fun.like it was yesterday only 50 years…"
"BM`S WERE USUALLY OLD SALTS. I WAS IN COMPANY 69 EN1 GARDNER WAS OUR CC 2/1963"
"don`t you wish you were an illegal alien than a veteran.no questions asked and the government throws money at you.for the last seven years of dealing with the dysfunctional v.a. I have learned as far as the v.a. is concerned you are a liar until…"
"I was there in 1963 we used the wool blankets to put a high shine on the floors it was like doing the twist with a blanket."
"who remembers the great lakes shuffle?"
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Mickey,May I call you Mickey? I was on the ship in 66 but don't remember about the Ammo? maybe because I was up top as an RM2.... Feel bad for George Morell, but I under stand what he is going through. The VA is doing the same with myself and it has been going on since the 70's. then they gave me a hard time stating I wasn't on the ship, couldn't find any medical records and so on I just gave up I had enough of the BS. Then things got worst and My Wife spoke to a friend and I try again but was denied now we have a Lawyer but I'm trying to find anyone that was on the USS Great Sitkin when I was, that might remember me... Unfortunately I was unable to fine anyone. enough of me How is things since then I have a lot to catch up on LOL!!
ty my friend
dame your scaring me i have the same board the 27th of this month, yea mickey i hear u on the v.a. i been fighting them since 99 just found out i have an appeal in and its been in d.c. since 09 lol forgot all about it going for it now guns loaded hope i have enough ammo well gl stay in touch i ll do the same mike
ok great let me know i went to see my v.a. rep today i put in for more cmp exams plus questioned why i still have an appeal in d.c. since sept.2010 so iam emailing the appeals board to find out why.
great give them hell i'll keep my fingers crossed for u, mike
I read your note about being stuck on USS America and how you got there. I was on the last boat to leave fleet landing that night leaving for America, that night it was so rough. Guys sick on the pitching boat. Not too cool. We saw flares go up from another liberty boat in trouble on the way back. Then I heard they closed the landing for the night. I remember it was hard to get on the ladder to get back on the ship. Glad you enjoyed hospitality. America was a good ship for me and I learned lots which I got to apply the following year in Vietnam on USS Constellation.
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