December takes a large toll on the health of older Americans. I want to encourage all of my fellow brothers in arms to take care of your health. Our immune systems are not as robust as they were when we were younger. We are all eligible for VA health care at no monthly premium and no or a small co-pay depending on your VA disability. You may get your medicines from the VA cheaper than from Medicare Part D drug plans. There is also no income screening for Vietnam veterans meaning we all qualify for health care regardless of income. Best wishes to all you, my brothers, for a wonderful family holiday, and a safe and healthy new year.

Served with SP/4 Gregory C. Thompson
589th Battalion A Co.
Searching for any family.
I was his bunk mate from march 1970 till his passing in july

Steve did you look at photo's posted with your Dad ? Glad he got around to talking with you about our trip. Merry Christmas to all !!

I am sorry I forgot to leave my email address..
Ray@activeaid.com

In 50 years of my life my father never told me about his experience in the war. Yesterday he finally did. He is a proud member of the 589th B Co. He was there until October of 67. He came with the first group from Fort Hood. His name is Alfred Mejia JR from Kansas City KS. He is not good with computers and his memory is not what it used to be. He drove dump truck he said. He also talked about being on top of this hill making it all nice and then getting kicked of by the CO or something like that.. he cant remember many names.. The only person he talked about was a guy nicknamed Crackers from NJ.. I didnt want to press him for too much info. but I did show him this website.. he light up like a kid looking at Christmas Presents on Christmas days. If anyone remembers my father or has any questions please feel free to contact me.

589th Brothers, Have a wonderful, blessed Christmas and as Tom McLain said let us not forget our Lord Jesus or our Fallen Brothers but keep them in our hearts each day. your brother Jeff Pestana A co 1967

Dear 589th Brothers. As we once again celebrate Christmas and are busy planning family gatherings,meals,and buying just the right gifts for our loved ones.Remember the greatest gift of all.Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.
Have a merry and blessed Christmas.
J.T.McLain

Hello Brothers.I was in 589th Company B in 1970: I am Preparing for my first hearing with theVA on Dec.12th-2019.Welcoming comments from my fellow brothers that have been thru this-Periphial Ataxia Neuropathy...Any Statistics on Agent Orange relating to this neurological disease out there...sharing pointers or any recommendations that would be valuable to me for this hearing..Anxiously waiting for comments. THANK YOU n WELCOME HOME BROTHERS n SISTERS. HOPE Y'ALL HAD A HAPPY THANKSGIVING- Leland Wolf

Has anyone else received an email urgently requesting money or a Gamestop gift card from one of our members? I received one yesterday. We replied back and forth a few times then I tried to call but it went to his voicemail. I'm pretty sure this was a fraud email by someone that had hacked his address but since I could not confirm it over the phone, I'm not sure and concerned others might be targeted.

This is the email I received in quotes:

"How are you? I need a favor from you.

I need to get a Gamestop Gift Card for my Nephew, Its his birthday but i can't do this now because I'm currently travelling. Can you get it from any store around you? I'll pay back as soon as i am back.

Kindly let me know if you can handle this. (Signed by the sender's name.)

I replied wanting more details and this was his reply:

"Thank you very much. Its a Gift card for video games, Total amount needed for Gamestop Gift Card is $300 from any store around you like Walgreen, CVS or Kroger and I need you to scratch the back of the card to reveal the pin with the serial number and forward it to me here online. Once again thank you very much for this kindness." (Signed by the sender's name.)

If you have received anything like this please let us know by sending an email to: 589th@589thEngineers.com.

Thanks Brothers and wishing all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving. Gobble, gobble!
Perry Blanchfield

perry i havent been on my pc for a long time i have it cleaned up now , would you be so kind as to send me log in info 1 more time brother thank you

What a surprise I had on a down escalator last Friday night! As I was going down I saw a 589th hat on a guy. I said I was in the 589th also and I got on the up escalator and the person waited for me to catch up. I met Marion Watkins from Collinsville OK. He was in A Company and knew several of the guys we all know. Glad he was wearing his cap. I had our hoodie on but it was not as noticeable as his hat. We spoke for a few minutes and I hope we do again. Pays to wear our hat!

Perry there seems to be a problem with Tacket's album it opens as swick's album.

Perry, I just took a look at the photos on my Chrome Book. The pictures look much better! The arrows did not move to the next picture but when I clicked on the next picture it flipped to it very easily. Job well done I must say!

The next time something like this comes up I would reccomend we have a service conduct this procedure or anyhting similar to it. If something does come up I would think the board could approreaite the funds since we do not meet until 2021. There is no need to take time out of your retirement and time with your family to do this type of things.

Thanks again for a job well done!