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nitpicker

(7,153 posts) Sat Jun 14, 2014, 03:36 PM Jun 2014

Remembering those who don't fit on The (Vietnam) Wall (yet)

In Memory Day 2014

This is an annual commemoration in DC of those that came back from Vietnam and died from diagnoses (e.g. Agent Orange exposure) that do not currently qualify them for The (Vietnam) Wall.

I was there as a daughter of an Agent Orange person, and it was very moving.

If you are in a similar situation, please check out http://www.vvmf.org/.

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Remembering those who don't fit on The (Vietnam) Wall (yet) (Original Post) nitpicker Jun 2014 OP

Vietnam.....perharps the most collective painful heritage in US's recent history..... mylye2222 Jun 2014 #1

Oh my goodness! JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #2

mylye2222

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1. Vietnam.....perharps the most collective painful heritage in US's recent history.....

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Sat Jun 14, 2014, 03:38 PM

Jun 2014

JustAnotherGen

(31,820 posts)

2. Oh my goodness!

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Sat Jun 14, 2014, 03:52 PM

Jun 2014

Thank you. Fed Gove came back 3 months after dad died and acknowledged it was agent pink and blue that did him in. He might have had a shot with agent orange (his lung cancer) - but those two change your blood. The cancer did not show up in his blood until it was advanced stage four.

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