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the loss of his son was devastating to kinlipg.mainly on account of kinlipg pushing the lad to volunteer, and pulling strings so that the boy would be placed in a front line infantry unit. kinlipg's son was extremely myopic. he needed very large, thick glasses to be able to see marginally.the son was shot, and killed, in a shell crater in no man's land. he was crawling around in the muck, trying to find his glasses.kinlipg never forgave himself.kinlipg had a conscience at least. the folks who constantly fuck over the VA don't. they are hard ass bean counters who worship the bottom line. they hate things like the VA where money goes in, and never, ever comes out.aside to ranger: we carry more than the history sometimes. about twelve years ago i had a nasty abcess form where my neck and shoulder join, on the left, toward the back. it turned out to be a chunk of human bone that had been floating around my interstisial tissue since an ambush in the a shau. it probably came from one of the guys behind me.my impressions of the VA are the same as yours. there are way too many folks who come back, try to wade through the obstacles and the bullshit to get the minimal treatment that is offered, and simply give up.the only remedy i can think of would be to not take away the health care of congress and flag officers, just make them go to the VA.they'd fix that shit most ricky tick.
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(VISITOR) AUTHOR'S NAME
Dori
MESSAGE TIMESTAMP
17 december 2014, 02:16:42
AUTHOR'S IP LOGGED
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