To: undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Ken
Hi,
Ken passed in his sleep at home early yesterday morning.".............
This was part of the message that I received from a dear friend's wife last year. I am a VietNam Era veteran, meaning that I served 1964-1968, but not IN VietNam. Ken DID serve in VietNam, and he told me that he had severe problems because of exposure to Agent Orange, and that the Central Texas VA had done all that they could for him, and basically had sent him home to die. He also told me that he had gone to Mexico for treatment after VA gave up on him, but that was not very long before he died.
He was a best friend 1957-1959, and we were disconnected after that, reconnecting only a couple of years before he died.
I also had a friend who died from complications from the Agent Orange exposure.
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