Boots on The Ground
A fellow vet in my group has again been turned down for s/c claims for PTSD, etc.. His problem is proving he was in Viet Nam. He is an Air Force guy that was stationed in Thailand 1965 and did TDY in...
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Well now you have for I have lung cancer and was denied service connection for it, I currently have a NOD in and if required will take it as far as needed to get an approval. Like I said just because...
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The only cases involving lung cancer that I've seen denied where there was proof of service on the ground in Vietnam are those cases in which the lung cancer was not the primary cancer but rather...
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No record, no evidence....sometimes it is what it is and it ain't worth chasin'....I'm just sayin'................
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Brovet, Just for your info, as a young AF K-9 troop, we were not in " pretty secure areas ," on the night of 25 August 1971 at CRB. I also recall some other situations that we were put in. Trust me,...
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If he went into a combat zone he would have received combat pay and in-country pay was tax free/ He should get his pay records. Being former USAF,at times I had orders for TDY and other times not,ie...
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Has he looked in his parents attic or his ex girl friends attic for letters in envelopes marked free postage? He must have written home while in country' Worth a shot! Gold 67-68 VIETNAM (Free...
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Ok, I have been reading all these posts re: DD 214 and TDY being on them. BS, BS, BS. TDY in Vietnam was almost always NOT recorded. I know that during the years '69 and up almost everyone who was not...
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Ditto what Dan said, especially for AF aircrews. It was a rare exception for aircrews to PCS to Vietnam; I'd guess we were TDY 90% of the time (SAC and MAC aircrews).
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If he went into a combat zone he would have received combat pay and in-country pay was tax free/ He should get his pay records. We've been thru this with the pay records ad nauseum and no one has ever...
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I also have (4) DD214's (2 Navy & 2 USAF) I served a full tour in Vietnam Jan/71-Jan/72. Retired in 1975 and in 2004 went to VA for the 1st time ever, for hearing problems and DBII, they then...
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Dan, The TDY these guys are referring are not in country but from say Guam, Thailand etc. Gold
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swampfox06897 wrote: His records he states were burned in the St. Louis fire - What now? Thanks ! Well lets do the math.... He was in the AirForce and said he was in Nam in 1965. So...he was...
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ggold7211 wrote: Dan, The TDY these guys are referring are not in country but from say Guam, Thailand etc. Gold ----------------------------------------------------------- Ohhhh, sorry about that...
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My husband loses his benefits next week because his records from 1965 don't show TDY 65 days to Vietnam. Dd214 shows South East Asia with medals Vietnam but they won't accept them. We have a...
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Djevans wrote:My husband loses his benefits next week because his records from 1965 don't show TDY 65 days to Vietnam. Dd214 shows South East Asia with medals Vietnam but they won't accept them. We...
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If not already contacted, perhaps the office shown below can be of help. U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency 600 Chenault Circle Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6424 Telephone: (334) 953-2395 --- For old...
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Djevans wrote:My husband loses his benefits next week because his records from 1965 don't show TDY 65 days to Vietnam. Dd214 shows South East Asia with medals Vietnam but they won't accept them. We...
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Fortunately or unfortunately I had two tours in Viet Nam. In the first case I was TDY to Clark AB, PI with "variations in itinerary authorized" and spent about half of my 179 days in DaNang and Bien...
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