While I was not yet born in the Nam era, I have a lot of my own opinions and feelings on the issue based on my readings and studies of it all. And I personally feel that the vets got shafted.

I helped my wife's father get his Agent Orange payoff. He didn't even know it existed. I spent a lot of time, energy, and effort to make sure he had some small compensation. This man is a racist biggot, has done nothing but ridicule me, sling racial slurs at me, and generally make my life miserable for marrying his daughter. But I did it anyway because I feel that as a human being, he got shafted. I did it because I feel like he deserves it.

JohnAllen, and others on this board in that brotherhood, I would like to take a moment to say thanks. And I mean that. I will most likely never fully understand what happened, but my heart goes out to you.