Cholangiocarcinoma, a tiny parasite that causes the aforementioned cancer in the bile duct years after eating the freshwater fish found in Vietnamese streams.

The Veterans Administration has been denying claims for it. Full story in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, November 26, 2017, page 2.

This will most likely affect Army, Marines, and others who served in the jungle and ate the fish when their rations ran out. I was in the Ashau Valley and we washed up in the stream next to the fire base after we would throw a grenade in the water to stun the leaches. Didn't eat any of the fish though.

It was recently posted in this thread:

https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...460075334#4460075334

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

Honor them, by living for them.

If you are so fortunate to encounter one who has been impacted, offer a kindness.

Feeling sorry for them, or the memory of those taken, is an insult.

I wonder how long it will take before the VA kills more vets than Viet Nam

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Originally posted by nhtagmember:
I wonder how long it will take before what date it was when the VA kills killed more vets than Viet Nam

FIFY

VAs main healthcare COA is medicate until Vet dies or just goes away.

And the children of Vietnam vets suffer from things their parents were exposed to over there.

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:

Feeling sorry for them, or the memory of those taken, is an insult.

I will respectfully disagree.

I feel sorry that some of my friends passed far before their time and I am sorry for the families that were left behind. I also honor them on the days that are theirs.