In The Past 8 Months....

[Steel City Slim]

....two of my coworkers died of cancer. One had nasal cancer and the other liver cancer. Both were Vietnam combat veterans. In both cases the government says the cancers were not not caused by Agent Orange. I don't think I believe the government.

[pacalo]

1. How awful. My condolences to you.

Have you seen this?

http://www.life.com/Life/essay/gulfwar/gulf01.html

[Amich]

2. sorry for the loss of your friends.

the government is so slow and they don't want to admit anything every few years they come out with additional cancers. something else that some people don't think about is asbestos. it was and still is income of the barracks and on some of the older ships has caused cancer also.

[Mnemosyne]

3. Nothing to see here.

Sorry about your co-workers. Nasal cancer sounds rare.
I know several Vietnam vets that have had children born with some defects and also have some strange health problems themselves. One ran a bulldozer to move the foliage killed by Agent Orange. He is a mess physically, but of course it has nothing to do with agent orange.

:sarcasm: :sarcasm:

It never fails to piss me off when I think of how the Vets from Vietnam have been/are treated and how the Gulf Vets have been/are being treated. And how the new kids on the block, the Iraq Vets are being/ will be treated by our government. Despicable.

:mad: :mad: