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Thread #98473   Message #1950683
Posted By: Rapparee
28-Jan-07 - 05:00 PM
Thread Name: BS: Parental reaction to Viet Nam protests
Subject: RE: BS: Parental reaction to Viet Nam protests
My brother, the one who was called up with me, has Type II diabetes from Agent Orange, shrapnel in the back of his legs, and COPD. I have hearing loss (and will probably get a disability for it) due to an accident in training when a grenade simulator went off about a meter from my left ear, and my Type II diabetes might have been caused by AO use in Korea (yes, they used it there too). My younger brother, who was Airborne Voice Intercept, still has dreams but because of his job back then (airborne intelligence, among other things) he can't talk about it very much even now.