[Right Winged American]

Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans of America

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Update and current status:

So near, and yet so far away...

—ExIntrepid

[Tribune7]

By the end of 2009, only about 30% of all Vietnam War veterans were still alive.

I find that kind of hard to believe.

[Right Winged American]

Ping...

[flowerplough]

“Navy, Coast Guard, and Marine personnel who served offshore Vietnam. We refer to this group as the Blue Water Navy.”

No. Blue Water Navy means Deep Water Navy, like ours is, as compared to China’s Brown Water Navy, that hugs its coastline.

[Leisler]

Bad science and simple statistics. A thousand things can kill you. The distribution is not uniform. If you look at any population, any way you want to describe people, you are going to have higher rates for somethings, lower for others. A 20% increase isn't significant. It is a junk number lost in other junk numbers, built upon other junk numbers.

( Don't even go or look at post death examination rates for particular diseases, like death by cancer. )

[pabianice]

By the end of 2009, only about 30% of all Vietnam War veterans were still alive.

Total, utter bullshit. Try 90%, you liar.

[WKUHilltopper]

“By the end of 2009, only about 30% of all Vietnam War veterans were still alive.”

What?? Seriously??

[NonValueAdded]

By the end of 2009, only about 30% of all Vietnam War veterans were still alive.

Amazing, if accurate. OMG

[Lokibob]

Look, agent orange gave me larynx cancer (voice box) and it was removed 1 1/2 years ago. Have not spoken without the aid of a mechanical device since, but, I do understand the frustration of the DWN about this subject.

Trust me, I would love to have my voice back, and my life back, but that ain’t gonna happen.

I have no complaints about the care the VA has (is) giving me. The medical staff is first rate IMHO.

Now, making a claim, another story:
I filed my claim against the VA, and waited impatiently. The VA’s stated goal was to have claims acted on within 6 months. Again, this was an AO claim, so there wasn’t much to really look at, my record, yep 1 year tour in country RVN, give the guy his money. 6 months to the day, it was approved. 2 weeks later I got my back compensation, and they have been right on the spot ever since.

The DWN needs to keep plugging away and eventually it will happen.

....Bob

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[Tainan]

By the end of 2009, only about 30% of all Vietnam War veterans were still alive.

Calling BS on this part.