HI EVENONE TOMASMCCANN FROM C COMPANY 1968 GOOD FRIEND WITH MIKE MORRISH

Just made contact with Tom McCann from C company. Have not talked with him in many many years. Hope he can make the next reunion.

Good job on your comments and intervention in he guest book.As you said we all have our issues and maybe even some justified bitternes but it does no good to take it out on each other. Thanks

Hey Guys let's keep our comments as civil as possible. We all have our issues we are dealing with - some more than others. If you have something to say that might benefit other Members then feel free to express it here. If you need help then ask for specific things your Brothers can do to help you. If you want to tell us about your experiences with the VA then do so but keep it factual and in a way that might help others. If you respond to someone else's post then do so with respect to your Brother. We all know the VA is slow and inefficient - Welcome to the Federal Government! I don't know why some states are more helpful than others in getting our military the benefits they deserve but that appears to be the case. Hang in there.

Bonnie so nice of you to set us unworthy bastards straight .Is all 589th bn members like you orjust delta company .I dont want any part of you

Well, guessI will put a word or two on the guestpage. Who,would have dreamed some of us would have lived this long after Nam. But we have a few that think they are the only onces that have problems. We all have health issues. We were all exposed to agent orange and every thing else. We didn't sit around and piss and moan. We fought back and got something done. It don't happen over night. I wrote letters, made phone calls and filed and refiled. But I got something done. So brother don't expect help if you try to help your self.

i forgot to mention , its not the service officers of the vf w amvets and all those . i tell yea theres a brick wall higher up in the v a in washington state , at lest in the spokane and seattle va hospitals , i dont know the answer but i do know richard vernon and richard carpenter are only 2 out of hundereds and you can beleve that , i hear about other va hospitals and how great they are and i wonder ??? what am i missing . do i exspect to much, are we like dogs and have to beg for good help ?? i dont know , all i know is richard vernon is alot werse off then i and i FEEL his frustraion, thanks agin perry and all the staff of the 589th . agin welcome home brothers carp .

perry i would like to thank you and all that help our brothers , it makes me feel better knowing you and people out ther care about other vets ,thank you . richard is right about getting help, idont know where the brick wall is but there is one in place , i have called and writtin letters tell im sick of it and like richards says under the bus . i am always trying to get some one heer to listen to my story and help but nothing , like i said i use my va $$$$ to offdet medacare, guess there wanting me to pay for that 290 i ran over a 50 # mine with .i know lots of brothers are hurting , its the age i tell yea . thank you brothers and welcome home , p.s. richard the wife and i are going to drive over next week end ill call first brother , welcome to all carp c co. earth moving platton 66-67

Just as message to all members especially ones with agent orange health issues .Ive wanted to make reunion since first found out my unit had formed .Didnt make first found out it was happening to late to schedule in .Was sick and on dialsis every since .One life long desires to make trip to reunion but because on dialsis 3 days a week mon wed fri 6 hrs a trip im going nowhere .If i can get a kidney transplant only shot to close to normal life i could travel .Seems the va more interested in my death then any shot at something illegal imigrants and othor non americans get free of charge at tax payers expense

Dick-Elizabeth is very busy and it takes her a while to get back to everybody but I am sure she will. She is a Veterans Affairs Director for Iowa but has volunteered to help the 589th as much as she can-workload in Iowa permitting. Hang in there Buddy and know your Brothers of the 589th are thinking of and praying for you.

Dealing with PTSD and agent orange for 45 years now Ive had several service officers .They have habit throwing me under the bus .Perry called me when first complained .He told me get in touch with elizabeth .Wrote email to only elizabeth listed on 589 site .Have heard nothing back .When va wouldnt pay my medical bills .Joined DAV life member .They were looking into getting med bills paid thousands of dollars several occurances all agent orange the service officer quit and that was the end of that so im member of yakima dav and get no help either .Had am vets service officer several years back she got into car accident recieved a million dollar settlement i got thrown under the bus again been involved with vietnam vets good and bad in their orginization .Was involved with american legion mostly because my mom wanted to be a member on my behalf .They got my training for diesel mechanic at Bellingham tech school lately everybody just waiting for me to die .Thats why never settled my being on dialsis for 2 years before settleing this year figured id die first same thing with transplant praying for me to die instead of accepting responsability and takeing care of agent orange diseases only place left to turn is try to get as meny people made aware of treatment as possible .Im going down with my computer in ny arms

Hey everyone. A quick note to bring you up to date with Charles Begley. He called today to let me know he's doing OK. Still in ICU from the surgery but all the Path reports came back clean. He will be in Hospital for another 3-4 weeks but told me he WILL be at the Reunion and is looking forward to seeing everyone. Drop him a note if you can and send good thoughts his way. Thanks

Wow! Carp and Dick have sure had a rough road to hoe with the VA. I do not know if you guys have met with a rep from the American Legion, VFW, Viet Nam Veterans of America or other Veteran organizations but everything I have found out is to get yourself an advocate and do not try to do this alone. The 589th Engr Bn Assn (Vietnam) put together a summary of what our members have done with VA and the best results have come with an advocate. Look at the Home page of our website and contact Don Baux and he can give you a phone number (Elizabeth) that might be able to help. We at the 589th are not an organization that contacts the VA for you but we can try to give you advice to get help. I can not say enough how important it is to get an advocate. Please do not blame the 589th for problems as there is nothing we can do to remedy them. Look me up on the list and call me and I will also try to see if we can get some advice to try and lead you in the right direction. Hang in there and hope this gets better!