From: jewell@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Larry Jewell)
Subject: 'NamVet Newsletter, Vol.4, no.6 (1/7)
Followup-To: soc.veterans
Organization: Purdue University
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 01:02:24 GMT


     Volume  4, Number  6                                 June 17, 1990

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     .        G. Joseph Peck           \_Ashau    Phu Bai            .
     .        Todd C. Looney             \_*       \_                .
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     .     Distribution Manager           _/     Danang              .
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     . MIA-POW:   Rick Stolz                !       !___      \      .
     .            Glenn Toothman            !           \/\____!     .
     . HOMELESSNESS:  Lefty Frizzell        !                 !      .
     . FEDERAL BENEFITS:   Jim Hildwine    /  Dak To          !      .
     . INCARCERATED VETS:  Todd C. Looney /     *            /       .
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     . MEMORIALS:  Aaron Schmiedel        !             Phu Cat\     .
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                      T A B L E   O F   C O N T E N T S

     
     1.  EDITORIALS
          TDY:  Faith n' Footprints ................................  1
          Reflections in Memorium ..................................  3

     2.  Agent  Orange
          Agent Orange Update, June 1990 ...........................  5
          Break out the Clearsil <tm>! .............................  9

     3.  Veteran  Benefits  &  Info
          Veteran Service Commissioners/Directors .................. 10
          REUNION UPDATE ........................................... 12

     4.  Missing!!!
          Our POWs are Expendable .................................. 48
          To Remember and Honor .................................... 49
          They Haven't Forgotten US!!! ............................. 50

     5.  Memories  n'  Special  Articles
          The War Came Home with Them .............................. 51
          Vets Ambushed ............................................ 56
          The Wall, Your Wall, My Wall ............................. 57
          Mother Writes to Son Killed in Vietnam ................... 58
          Wife Sees Cruelty of Her Vietnam Apathy .................. 60
          Public Apology ........................................... 62

     6.  When the Chaplain whispers...
          A New Fight New Weapons .................................. 64
          The Electronic Chapel .................................... 66

     7.  Hearts  &  Minds
          Doctor Helps Vets Deal with Vietnam ...................... 67
          A Study of the War Dreams of VN Combat Vets .............. 70

     8.  In-Touch  -  New Service!!!
          In-Touch: What is it??? .................................. 86
          In Touch Application Form ................................ 89

     9.  Concentrated  Service
          NamVet/IVVEC Concentrated Service Report ................. 91

     10.  IVVEC  &  NamVet  -  WHERE?
          NamVet Roll Call ......................................... 92
          IVVEC Nodelist ........................................... 94
          Some Gave All ............................................ 97









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                         TDY: Faith n' Footprints
     
                           By: G. Joseph Peck
                         NAM VET Managing Editor
                       VETLink #1 - Pittsfield, MA
                              (413) 443-6313
     
       "Footprints"  I remember the poem.  Saw it the first time when I
     was battlin' for custody of the children of my first marriage.  It
     came at a time I sorely needed it.  "Footprints" - a poem that
     sorta goes like:
     
        "Hey Lord!  Ya said you'd ALWAYS be with me!  I had a dream the
     other night.  You and I were walking along the beach.  Suddenly
     scenes of my past life flashed across the sky.  For each scene,
     I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand - one belonged to me
     and the others were yours.  When the last scenes of my life
     flashed by, I noticed that during the roughest, toughest times
     along my pathway of life, there was only ONE set of footprints.
     You said you'd ALWAYS walk with me!  Why was there only ONE set?
       'My precious, precious child,' said the Lord.  'When you noticed
     only ONE set of footprints, it was THEN that 'I' carried you."
     
        "Footprints"  Many times in MY life, the ones in the sand sure
     weren't mine - even though it was MY life's path I was lookin'
     at...
     
        Many of you out here in "NamVet-world" know that I've been
     sorta beset by one crisis situation after another for the past few
     months.  THIS month, I've been HAMMERED by 'em...
     
        One rainy, thunderstorm-type night I shut off VETLink #1 to
     protect it from any static electricity.  When I turned it back on,
     it wouldn't come on.  1 motherboard; 1 power supply; 1 multi-I/O
     board; lotta disk reformatting/backing up and a lot of hours and
     VETLink #1 was back on-line and limping along...
        The "Footprints" then looked a little like Lefty's...  and a
     little further on down the path, they look like they've been added
     to by a fellow vet named Randy when it came to getting our
     original hard disk put back in operating order...  (Boy!  You guys
     gots BIG feet!!!)
     
        Job after job I've applied for.  Job after job I've interviewed
     for.  And job after job, I've received letters that stated "Your
     qualifications are impressive.  A person with your talents will do
     well.  However..."
        "Footprints" - they really weren't mine then either.
     
        The US Postal Service, after all our concentrated efforts to
     finally find this disabled vet a job (ME), advised me that even if
     I were allowed to take the exam for a postal custodian, there's
     still a lifting requirement (ya MUST be able to lift continuously
     70=75lbs).  The VA says I can't lift more than 5-15 lbs.  The
     Postal Service said they'd have to disqualify me for that job.
     ("But that'll be GOOD for your wife," they said. "Then SHE can
     
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     have your ten-points veterans' preference!")
        "Footprints" -  Lord I KNOW ya got a reason for all this...
     
        In our December, 1989 CONCENTRATED SERVICE section I input the
     basic situation concerning the house/home of my family and I.  In
     today's (6/17/90) local paper there appeared an advertisement
     notifying our local community of a public auction of our
     house/home on 22 June 90.
        "Footprints" -  At first I saw two sets of 'em, mine and the God
     I sincerely believe in.  One set seems to be fading away just now...
     
        Moderating the IVVEC...  takes a special energy; a long, long
     look at wisdom and constant thinking about "What's GOOD for the
     echo" ...  Even with many not-positive comments, IVVEC managed to
     right itself and find the direction in which it was originally
     sent:  To BE that haven, resting place for all vets and their
     close friends.  I've discovered that a LOT of "moderating" can be
     done by "sitting and watching, letting the 'quiet' voices speak
     out - and they've done well..
        "Footprints" - There are some real good ones in IVVEC...
     
        I've seen so many of you logging on to VETLink #1 and looking
     for this month's NamVet.  There have been 52 file requests for it.
     All have resulted in "File Not Found" messages - or
     "BAD_REQUEST.TXT" ...  Our Chief Emeritus (Retired Chief) has been
     resurrected <grin> and is typin' his fingers to the bone to get
     this issue out.
        "Footprints" - Now Todd's join the crowd...
     
        Oh my!  The whole beach is filled with nothing but footprints!!!
     NamVet... IVVEC... the VetNet echoes...  help with broken
     computers and software puzzles....  help with broken hard disks...
     help with it all...
     
        I'm GLAD there's so many footprints out here...  "Footprints"
     of the toughest, most persistent and determined veterans in ALL of
     American history..."
     
        I'm GLAD too, that one of 'em MIGHT be mine... but for now,
     when I NEED it most, I think I'm being carried.
     
        Thanx guys n' gals...  really THANX!!!
     
        I HOPE I'll still be around for next month's issue.....  but
     that is in hands much more powerful than mine.  I'll give it MY
     best shot - and my family and I ARE tryin' our best...
     
                              'til Next Month
                     Show a brother or sister veteran
                             that YOU care!!!
     
                              Ci'ao for Ni'ao
     
                                   -Joe-
     
     






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                        Reflections in Memorium
                            By: Todd Looney
                        NAM VET  Managing Editor
                Vietnam Veterans' Valhalla - San Jose, CA
                            (408) 298-2740
     
     Memorial Day has always had a special meaning to me, as I am sure
     it does to most veterans whether they've seen combat or not.  It
     is a time I reflect back on the many friends who died in Vietnam
     nearly two decades ago, and to the cause for which they gave
     their lives.  I know at the time many of us were not too clear
     about why we were in southeast Asia, and many of us are still a
     little fuzzy on that issue, but I believe most of us are now
     proud of the part we played in America's history, regardless of
     its outcome.
     
     I am happy to see that a great majority of Americans now feel
     better about us veterans.  It is hard sometimes to forgive them
     for putting me and my brothers and sisters through the hell we
     had to endure after returning to the "real world", but I have
     come to a point where I can put those feelings aside and take
     what society has to offer now at face value.
     
     This Memorial Day, 1990, I strolled slowly through the national
     cemetery between San Jose and San Francisco, past the countless
     stones marking the remains of literally thousands of young men
     and women who died for this country during past wars.  I could
     not help but be overwhelmed at the sense of loss as though I knew
     each and every one of them, which in a way I suppose I did.  The
     veterans of the Vietnam "war" are not that different from the
     veterans of WWI, WWII, or the Korean conflict if you look at them
     long enough.  We were all traumatized by our experiences, and
     many of us still suffer today because of what we did and what we
     saw.  Most of us were still kids when we donned the uniforms and
     answered our country's call to arms.  Most of us left sweethearts
     at home and the concept of "Dear John" lingered throughout each
     era.  We thought about the same things while we were fighting on
     foreign shores, and we all believed in life, liberty, and the
     pursuit of happiness.  And too many of us died.  I could not
     staunch the flow of the tears running down my face as I sauntered
     among the headstones thinking about who lay beneath each of them. 
     All the pain they went through to protect the country they loved
     so dearly as to give up their lives for her.  And for the Vietnam
     veterans, all the pain they suffered in the grave not being
     permitted to rest until America finally, at long last, allowed
     them to go their etherial way in peace. 
     
     I want to apologize for this month's issue of the NAM VET being
     late.  Nothing could have been done to prevent it.  So many
     things are happening with both Joe and I at the same time that we
     just couldn't get it out on time.  Thank you for your patience, 
     as you can see, it was worth it.  I hope that we gave credit
     where credit was due and didn't put someone eles byline on your
     story.  I think we got it right, but you're a better judge than
     we at this point.  Joe's system crashed and he did his darndest
     to get everthing straightened out.  I think he did a superb job.
     So this is really a skeleton issue.  Things have really changed, 
     I remember when Joe and I were hollering with joy when we had 
     twenty pages.  Now look at it!
     
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                   Agent Orange Update, June 1990
              
                       Input By: Martin H. Kroll
                   NAM VETs Agent Orange Section Editor
                 Fort Mountain BBS - Chatsworth, Ga. 30705
                              (404) 695-8703
     
     As the mountain of evidence and information pertaining to
     Agent Orange continues to pile up it would seem that our
     government would be forced to cave in and award benefits to
     veterans that have been exposed, and they have..... to a
     certain degree.  The health problems that qualify for
     receiving benefits due to "service in Vietnam" do not even
     come close to recognizing all of the ills that can be
     attributed to Agent Orange exposure.
     
     We are now in a period of time where we are seeing the
     efforts to obtain benefits taking on a frenzied pace and many
     accusative fingers are being pointed.  The public at large is
     becoming more interested in the Agent Orange issue as the
     drama unfolds.  Government officials are now beginning to
     realize that it could indeed be a fatal mistake to continue
     to deny the Agent Orange link to health problems suffered by
     our Vietnam veterans, and to continue to deny just
     compensation and health care may very well be political
     suicide.
     
     Congress held hearings in late April to address the issues
     that have been brought up this session.  According to DAV
     Magazine (June, 1990), the 101st Congress will be dealing
     with bills pertaining to Agent Orange.  The following is
     quoted from the June, 1990 issue of DAV:

     "One piece of legislation being considered would provide
     presumptions of service connection for NHL, soft tissue
     sarcoma, melanoma and basal cell carcinoma, and chloracne.
     The bill, sponsored by Congressman Lane Evans (D-Ill.), would
     also allow the VA Secretary to add diseases to service-
     connection status based on the findings of an independent,
     scientific contract organization."
     
     The VA Deputy Secretary Anthony J. Principi has asked that
     the bill be held until October when the VA completes it's
     rule making process concerning disability claims related to
     Agent Orange exposure.  This gives us plenty of time to write
     letters to our Congressmen letting them know just how we feel
     about the issue.  Coupled with the fact that this is an
     election year, we can stand to gain quite a bit now by a
     letter writing campaign that is relentless.  The clause which
     would allow the VA Secretary to add diseases to service-
     connection status is very important.  Also of much importance
     is just which scientific contract organization will be
     awarded the job of compiling and analyzing all of the
     information.  I don't think that very many of us would be
     pleased to find such an organization as the CDC in that
     
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     position.
     
     On another front I feel compelled to congratulate the
     American Legion's National Commander, Miles S. Epling for
     continuing to tell it like it is!  Using terms such as
     "voodoo research" and "wholesale scientific fraud", he is
     certainly untiring in his efforts to expose the CDC and the
     government's attempts to cover up the truth.  In Mile's June
     1990 Commander's Message to the American Legion Membership,
     he stated "CDC studied a grand total of 166 Vietnam veterans
     with cancers, and they didn't even develop an exposure index
     to determine how much the veterans had actually been exposed
     to Agent Orange.  CDC had no way of knowing the extent or
     duration of exposure.  Instead, CDC used the very technique
     it had roundly condemned when used by others: "self
     reporting."  That means they took the Veterans word for it."
     
     If you have been following my articles and letters, you have
     noticed that I have stated how disgusted I am in the way the
     government and the CDC has handled this whole thing.  Now we
     find that it has taken over $63,000,000 of our taxpayer's
     money for the CDC to examine and "interview" a mere 166
     Vietnam veterans.  Apparently, I am not the only one that is
     disgusted since Miles Epling went on further to state:

     "Then this reputable institution declared that it was unable
     to conduct the Agent Orange study it had proposed.  Couldn't
     find enough veterans.  Couldn't prove exposure. Couldn't do
     this; couldn't do that."

     "That's pretty interesting, especially so since the Army and
     the National Academy of Sciences developed a comprehensive
     record of Agent Orange sprayings in Vietnam, and they can
     document which units were exposed.  Moreover, CDC had these
     records in it's possession.  Even though CDC couldn't find a
     study group of qualified veterans with the $63 million it had
     to do the job, The American Legion and Columbia University
     were able to do so with much less than $100,000."
     "Our results underwent scientific peer review and were
     published in the prestigious scientific journal
     "Environmental Research". Our study used nearly 7,000 Vietnam
     veterans, half of whom served in Vietnam, some in areas
     identified and verified by DoD records as having been sprayed
     with Agent Orange.  The other half, the control group, were
     veterans who had not served in Vietnam."
     
     Miles Epling is correct in asserting that this is "pretty
     interesting".  I think that it is more than "pretty
     interesting" in regards to the CDC spending $63 million
     dollars to study 166 Vietnam veterans.  As a taxpayer I would
     like to know just how they spent all of that money!  I would
     like to see how they justify their expenditures for the
     results that they have obtained.
     Miles goes further with his message by stating "Look at the
     record on Agent Orange.  Congress mandates a study.  VA
     fumbles the ball.  CDC picks it up.  CDC piddles away at
     least $63 million and no one even questions where the money
     went.  CDC ignores Congress' mandate to do an Agent Orange
     study, and finally conducts a study not related to Agent
     Orange.  The findings, dubious at best, are released and the
     Washington bandwagon quickly fills with people ready to
     
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     applaud and lay this chapter behind us.  Meanwhile, the Air
     Force conducted it's Ranch Hand Study, altered the results,
     falsely reported the findings, and hardly anyone murmured a
     complaint.  Dr. James Clary, who blew the whistle on that
     one, asserted what we already know: herbicides made with
     dioxin can kill you.  He admitted that the chemical companies
     cut corners making the military version of Agent Orange,
     greatly increasing it's potency.  "However," he said,
     "because the material was to be used on the enemy, none of us
     were overly concerned.  We never considered a scenario in
     which our own personnel would become contaminated."
     
     This brings to mind some of my own research findings
     pertaining to Agent Orange.  Agent Orange usage was in the
     planning stages for several years before it was actually
     sprayed.  In a memo to President Kennedy, Secretary of State
     Rusk stated that it was of utmost importance that the US
     Government not be associated with the chemical companies in
     order to avoid being accused of "chemical warfare" in
     Vietnam.  He went further to state that they must place
     emphasis on "it's only weed killers."
     
     Why would he make these statements unless he knew at the time
     that Agent Orange and some of the other chemicals used were
     indeed harmful to the health of humans?
     It also bothers me that Agent Orange seems to be taking
     center stage while all of the other chemicals used (and there
     are many) are being overlooked.  We know that Agent Orange is
     extremely toxic, but if a new study is instituted then the
     focus will be on Agent Orange.  Many ailments that could
     possibly be related to some of the other chemicals may not be
     linked to Agent Orange exposure.  Of course this would mean
     that many veterans that were exposed to dangerous chemicals
     may never receive the treatment or compensation that they
     should have.  We should demand that ALL chemicals used in
     Vietnam be considered in any future studies!  It would be too
     easy to overlook them at this point considering all of the
     fervor surrounding "Agent Orange" at this point.
     
     If you are concerned about the outcome of these issues you
     can do a lot to help by just sitting down and writing letters
     to your Congress people....  Form letters do not do much good
     because members of Congress realize that form letters are
     usually the efforts of a handful of people and many people
     will sign them just to be going along with the crowd.
     Original letters though carry clout.  It is accepted that
     for every original letter received, there are a thousand
     more people out there that hold the same beliefs.  It is easy
     to see that a thousand original letters will mean much more
     than several million "form letters".  I urge you again to sit
     down at the keyboard and peck out letters to your
     representatives in Congress, sign them and mail them.  Show
     copies of them to your friends and encourage them to do the
     same!
     
     In closing for this month, I would like to quote Miles Epling
     one more time.....
     "Every time this charade replays itself, the leaders of
     veterans' organizations are counseled to give "measured
     
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     responses": let's reason together and work out our
     differences.  Enough is enough!  Apparently some in
     Washington don't realize that real, live people are dying all
     across the country from rare disorders that shouldn't be
     occurring.  They aren't statistics; they are flesh and blood
     human beings who did their duty when their country called.
     I've said it before:  Vietnam veterans are being studied to
     death in the name of science and politics.  We don't need
     another atomic-veteran chapter in our nation's history. This
     insanity must cease."
     
     Write those letters now friends.  Your help "IS" important,
     and a few letters will certainly not take up that much of
     your time.  They could mean the difference though for the
     many veterans, wives, and children that so desperately need
     the proper health care.
     






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             V e t e r a n     B e n e f i t s     &     I n f o
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                 Veteran Service Commissioners/Directors
     
          VETERAN SERVICE INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT VETLink #1
     VETLink #1 and its sponsor, Berkshire Veterans Center, Inc., have
     been in the process of creating an on-line database/information 
     referral source for our nations veterans and their dependents.  
     We've sent a letter to the Director/Commissioner of all 50 states
     
     and a few territories requesting any veteran-related information 
     they'd wish to share.  To date, we've received replies from the 
     following states/territories:
     
       ALABAMA (Frank D. Wilkes, Director)
       ALASKA (Charles T. Borg, Director)
       CALIFORNIA (Jesse G. Ugalde, Director)
       CONNECTICUT (Joseph C. Barber, Deputy Commissioner)
       FLORIDA (S. F. Stover, Director)
       GEORGIA (Pete Wheeler, Commissioner)
       ILLINOIS (John W. Johnston, Director)
       INDIANA (S. Jeanne Loveless, Program Coordinator)
       IOWA (Dale Renaud, Director)
       LOUISIANA (Printice A. Darnell, Executive Director)
       MINNESOTA (Terrence A. Logan, Director, Agency Relations)
       MISSOURI (William V. Haynes, Director)
       NEW HAMPSHIRE (Conrad V. Moran, Director)
       NEW JERSEY (William G. Kowalski, Director)
       NEW YORK (Tom Lewis, Director)
       NORTH CAROLINA (Charles F. Smith, Assistant Director)
       OHIO (Col. John P. Seimer <Ret>, Director of Veteran's Affairs)
       PENNSYLVANIA (Joseph R. Clelan, Director)
       RHODE ISLAND (Michael F. Gallagher, Casework Supervisor)
       SOUTH CAROLINA (Bill J. Sams Director)
       TEXAS (Texas Veterans' Commission/ Garry Mauro - Land Board)
       VERMONT (Ms. Lyn Boisjoli, Director - State Veterans Affairs)
       VIRGIN ISLANDS (Verne I. Richards)
       WEST VIRGINIA (G. L. Harper, Veterans Affairs Chief)
       WISCONSIN (John J. Maurer, Secretary of Veterans' Affairs)
     
     We presently have on-file (but not on-line) state veteran
     information from Massachusetts, in addition to copies of
     Title 38, USC and many veteran organization Service Officer
     manuals and pamphlets.
     
     If you live in any of the states/territories listed below -OR-
     know the CURRENT Director/Commissioner's Address, PLEASE let us
     know so that we can get a letter off to 'em and collect the
     information a veteran may need in the near future:
     
     RETURNED - We need CURRENT Names & Addresses for:
        ARIZONA: Arizona Veterans Service Commission -
            Last known to be in Phoenix, AZ 85013
        KANSAS - We need CURRENT Name & Address!
        NEVADA:  Commission for Veterans' Affairs -
            Last known to be in Reno, NV 89502
        NORTH DAKOTA: Department of Veterans' Affairs
     
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            Last known to be in Fargo, ND 58107
        MISSISSIPPI: Veterans' Affairs Commission -
            Last known to be in Jackson, MS 39205
        UTAH: Administrator of Veterans' Affairs
            Last known to be in Salt Lake City, UT 84115
     
     We are STILL trying to find names and addresses for:
        PANAMA: No Director/Commissioner address found
        WYOMING: No Director/Commissioner address found
     
     If you've got veteran-related information that you feel would be 
     helpful to another veteran if s/he found it on-line, please send 
     it to:
                       G. Joseph Peck, President
                   BERKSHIRE VETERANS' CENTER, INC.
                        Post Office Box 2056
                        Pittsfield, MA  01202
            or place a message in the VIETNAM_VETERANS Echo
     













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                     * * *  R E U N I O N   U P D A T E  * * *
     
                            By: Glen Kepler, [USN] SYSOP
                       Input By: Terrell Domek [USA] CO-SYSOP
     
                           THE UNITED STATES VETERANS BBS
                              3400 Abbott Avenue North
                            Robbinsdale, Minnesota 55422
                               612-522-2026 [NODE 1]
                               612-522-0166 [NODE 2]
                               612-522-8700 [NODE 3]
                         612-588-7563 [VOICE 2200-1045 HRS]
                         612-522-0756 [VOICE 1115-2100 HRS]
     
                                     * * * * *
     
       In a recent conversation with G. Joseph Peck I was asked about
       the possibility of providing a monthly listing of reunion notices
       for publication in the NamVet Newsletter.
     
       Following is the first installment of reunion notices.  Readers
       are encouraged to submit their notices to us for publication.
     
       The United States Veterans BBS has over 3000 reunion notices
       ON-LINE and we are adding about 500 per month.
    
       The U.S. Vets BBS has over 5300 Veteran & Shareware files
       ON-LINE, the complete NAMVET Newsletter collection, we are a
       distributer of the Modem News Magazine,  Master POW/MIA listings,
       3 Nodes, 720 MB, Veteran Locator database and more.

                                    VR
                            Glen "Kep" Kepler
 
                                * * * * *

                           AIR FORCE REUNIONS

       AIRWAYS & AIR COMMUNICATIONS
       Contact the AACS Alumni Association, Attn: Ray Arnold, 7524 Blue
       Stone, Reno, NV 89511. Telephone: (702) 853-9537 (OR) Vietta A.
       Dowd, 1624C Beekman Place, Washington, DC 20009.
       Telephone (202) 483-5577.

       8th SER.GP./11th SER.SQD/482nd SER.SQ
       8th Service Group, 11th Service Squadron, 482nd Service Squadron,
       HQ Squadron (WWII). Contact COL John J. Heckler, USAF (Ret.), 76
       East Harbor Drive, Teaticket, MA 02536. Telephone (508) 540-1303.

       406th FIGHTER GROUP (WWII)
       Contact 406th Fighter Group WWII, Communications Center, 1100
       Browning Ave.  NW, PO Box 2295, North Canton, OH 44720-1829.
       Telephones: (voice) (216)494-6318, (216) 499-8310 (OR) (FAX)
       (216) 492-9622.

       406th FIGHTER GROUP (WWII)
       Contact 406th Fighter Group Reunion c/o Martin Levy, 111 Prospect
       HL, Nashville, TN 37205. Telephone: (615) 292-1148.


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       4TH AIR DEPOT GRP, Sep 1990,
       Contact: James Purt, 1620 E. Central Ave., Miamisburg, OH 45342
       Telephone: (513)866-5314

       9TH SERV SQ, 321ST SERV GRP, 13TH AAF, June 1990,
       Contact: Laurence Mirick, 14 Grasswood Ln, Rockland, MA 02370
       Telephone: (617)878-3934

       27TH AIR DEPOT GRP, May 1990,
       Contact: John Laurent, 11036 Landfair, Batob Rouge, LA 70818
       Telephone: (504)261-7666

       29TH AIR SERV GRP, 13TH AF, July 1990,
       Contact: Frank Pace, 315 W. 15th St., Dover, OH 44622
       Telephone: (216)343-7855

       39TH BOMB GRP (VH) 20TH AAF, Aug 1990,
       Contact: James Wyckoff, 2714 E. Hayts Corners Rd., Ovid, NY 14521
       Telephone: (607)869-2574

       53RD FIGHTER GRP, May 1990,
       Contact: Elmer Johnson, 1815 SE 6th Terr., Cape Coral, FL 33990
       Telephone: (813)574-4044

       55TH WEATHER RECON. SQ, 20TH AF, June 1990,
       Contact: Jim Flannery, 169 Durham Rd., Penndel, PA 19047
       Telephone: (215)752-5102
     
       60TH TRP. CARRIER GRP, July 1990,
       Contact: John Diamantakos, 3525 Lynngate Cir., Birmingham,
       AL 35216
       Telephone: (205)823-4747
     
       63RD GLIDER GRP, Sep 1990,
       Contact: Jesse Ericksen, Rt. 1, Box 132K, Bates City, MO 64011
     
       80th fighter grp (cbi), Sep 1990,
       Contact: Gale Lyons, 19323 Keep Tryst Rd., Knoxville, MD 21758
       Telephone: (301)834-8126
     
       81ST FIGHTER SQ. (WWII), May 1990,
       Contact: 81st Fighter Sq. Committee, Box 162882,
       Altamonte Springs, FL 32716
     
       91ST BOMB GRP (H), 8TH AF, Aug 1990,
       Contact: Charles Hackstock, 14224 SE 288th St., Kent, WA 98042
       Telephone: (206)631-3978
     
       306TH AIRDROME SQ, Sep 1990,
       Contact: Joseph Glatfelter, 1714 S. Urban Way, Lakewood, CO 80228
       Telephone: (303)985-2532
     
       341ST FTR. SQ., 348TH FTR. GRP, Sep 1990,
       Contact: Orlow Johnson, 237 NE 141st St., North Miami, FL 33161
       Telephone: (305)893-8052
     
       344TH SERV. SQ, 13TH AF, Sep 1990,
       Contact: Jerome Peppers, 438 Coronado Dr., Fairborn, OH 45324
       Telephone: (513)878-7068
     
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       352ND FTR. GRP ASSN., Oct 1990,
       Contact: Richard DeBruin, 234 N. 74th St., Milwaukee, WI 53213
       Telephone: (414)771-0744
     
       421ST AAF BASE UNIT, May 1990,
       Contact: Nav Murphy, 3739 S. 91st E. Ave., Tulsa, OK 74145
       Telephone: (918)627-3688
    
       781ST BOMB SQ, 465TH BOMB GRP, Aug 1990,
       Contact: James Althoff, 2 Mt. Vernon Ln., Atherton, CA 94025
       Telephone: (415)325-8356

       801ST/492ND BOMB GRP, Sep 1990,
       Contact: John Walker, 2355 Penbrook Pl., Cordova, TN 38018
       Telephone: (901)388-8003
     
       1409TH/1415TH ATC BASE UNITS, June 1990,
       Contact: Sune Lundberg, 1194 Washoe Dr., San Jose, CA 95120
       Telephone: (408)268-3942
     
       1886TH ENGR AVN BN, Sep 1990,
       Contact: Elvin Hizel, 6749 Depew, Arvada, CO 80003
       Telephone: (303)424-0262
     
       3RD STRST. SUPPORT SQ, Oct 1990,
       Contact: Clark King, Rt. 1, Box 134, Thayer, KS 66776
       Telephone: (316)839-5412
     
       11TH AIR FORCE, Aug 1990,
       Contact: Ralph Bartholomew, 615 Stedman St., Ketchikan, AK 99901
       Telephone: (907)225-2121
     
       11TH BOMB GRP.,(H) ASSOC., May 1990,
       Contact: Robert May, Box 637, Seffner, FL 33584
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