A DESPERATE PLEA!
A Desperate
Plea for Gulf War Veterans to Rally! DC SEPT!!!!
Reply to DSNurse1@yahoo.com
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gulf war veterans, Vietnam VETERANS, etc Widest distribution please
I really am begging you! What we do with this committee counts for all
the others out there!
I have kept the battle going and a few others that refuse to give up!
But WE Desperately need you guys with the bronze stars forward. WE need
the combat veterans and support personnel and the officers too!
I am just a nurse officer old Vietnam Era and Gulf War vet at the border
that stood for all that couldnt................I did what I knew was
right and honorable.....moral and ethical....
I am calling you guys back out because WE simply can not do it without
YOU and the rest.
I have had faith we could make a difference since I helped the first
group of vets go forward in 1993 and from my first trip in April 94.
Without faith, a bit of fight, and face time we have nothing
left................
I went to every hearing...pushed Shays to have the vets tell their part
and not the VSO's...I went to every PAC meeting in DC, the one in
Atlanta...the one I forced in CO....the one in Chicago....I went to
every PSOB meeting....I went to every one of the IOMs that was
possible...........I went to OSAGWI town hall here in CO....and wherever
I could.............I went to every RAC except for one in Orange New
Jersey...This constant battle since 1993 has left me low extremely low
at times...but at the lowest time I got another call for help that
kicked me in to gear. I am trying to do that for each of you now...kick
into gear!
I did not do it for glory...................
I lost my mom, uncles, brother, and brother in law................and
missed time with my extended family that can never be replaced ever!
I lost time with my husband(dont know how he has put up with me and
stood behind me standing up as I have)....lost time with my only child
my daughter.........who said mom you love the vets more than me and you
cannt be a mother to all of them...........
I did it because it was what I could do to try and save lives and to
give each of you the dignity and care you DESERVE that you EARNED!
I was there to give nursing care..........it just wasn't enough! I went
to battle the multiheaded snake not for me but for you and all the rest.
I have not often begged like I am doing now!!! This is when we need you
and others to come make that impact!!!!!
WE the few of us that have stood ....we are a few
WE NEED You and others please!
Now we are pushing to try to get the new committee which right now is
scheduled for Sept 24-25 to move up their date to closer to the RAC
meeting and release of their report on the 16th.............I am kicking
the hill for a hearing on 17th to Receive the RAC report.........
WE need the public comment to the new committee Gulf War Vet Advisory
committee on their second meeting to push them now to action as they
start!
I will let you know if we are successful in pushing the committee Gulf
War Veteran Advisory Committee to move up their date from Sept
24-25............we those with groups are writing not only the committee
but Secretary Peake to make them meet closer to Sept 15-16 RAC meeting.
Please I beg you....I need you and others out of your bunkers! Please
help all the rest of the veterans of the Gulf War by coming out ONE MORE
TIME
WE can make a difference with you all but not without!
We have lost a lot of our gulf war vets 90-91. We must honor them by
doing what is right for the living. WE have those with ALS, Brain
cancers, other cancers, MS, Cardiac, Renal problems, and liver
problems..............We have those with undiagnosed illness....WE have
those that have won their claims to varying degrees, we have those that
have given up on claims. WE have those in wheelchairs and those having a
hard time getting out and functioning at all. WE have those that are
still walking....those using canes...those who have lost hope. Will I
refuse for us to go down this way.........I refuse to lose people
anymore without a battle and faces they can see in front of them!
I refuse to give up on getting us better---the best care---the best
attitude---the acknowledgement that this is real PHYSICAL Damage! I
refuse to give up on finding treatment that improves our quality of
life...that helps our memory and neurocognitive...our fatigue...our
pain...our autonomic nervous system dystegulation....our autoimmune
problems...and for all degrees of disability.
It just simply can not go on and we must all stand to make a difference.
I need all of you to listen up! I need you to get out of your bunkers
and come together to make a difference for you and your buddies. This is
what it is about!
Now thru the 17-18 years we have ebbed and flowed....we have hit a low
point but I am asking you all to respond now! Please respond DSNurse1@yahoo.com....or
on these postings!
I have looked up hostels and cheaper hotels ...I have checked them on
line and will get support to check them on site....will range 25-35 a
night I think.....some of the hostels are 4-6-8 to a room bunk beds. WE
even have one person checking to see if we can use a field house at a
university or school...maybe call in the RED CROSS to help they know how
to set up shelters....I have thought of campsite close in to DC....if we
had to camp out....or do that between the meetings if they dont move
them into closer time periods.....I have thought of setting up tents by
the wall or the mall.............
We need to check on bus and train into DC....or form groups to come in
together to offset travel cost.
WE need 15-50 to make an impact will you be one of them? We could use
more too!
Will your name be on the list?
WE cannt do it until we know you all will answer this call!
Vietnam Veterans and groups I need your help please...get the word out
to all the gulf war veterans you can find....encourage them to come and
help us make this happen. Write Secretary Peake and ask him to have the
new Advisory committee meet sooner than SEpt 24-25 ask for Sept 18-19 or
even Sept 22-23.....so that our veterans can attend the Sept 15-16 VA
RAC GWI...a possible hearing on Sept 17th(if we can get the House VA to
receive the VA RAC GWI report from Mr Binns, DR Lea Steele, and Dr
Roberta White) and then have the new VA Gulf War Veterans Advisory
Committee on the 18th and 19th or even 22-23....
The hill is expected to finish by Sept 26th. We have not had a hearing
this year on gulf war veterans. WE want to be heard before the election!
And should I have to remind all that Iraq invaded Kuwait on AUG 1 1990.
The urgency of our moment is now and is well past time---18 years!
I know we have leaned pretty heavy on you our older brothers and sisters
and mothers and fathers and uncles and aunts.......I am asking one more
time for your assistance!
Letsa kick some ass while we still can! If we do nothing we have failed
each other!
Love and Respect to all
Denise
DSNurse
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