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The Vietnam War by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick PBS Premier: Sun. 9/17

 Difficult to know if this 18-hour, 10-part documentary will please or anger. The byline “No Single Truth” may not go over well in 2017 since a fair slice of the population prefers to see things in tunnel vision.  I’ll be … Continue reading

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BEFORE AND AFTER

Cupcake spotted this and I feel it is more than à propos in this day and age of nonstop warfare with only more on the horizon.        

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MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE–PART IV-KARMAGEDDON

Once upon a time in the Land of nod (September 27th, 2011), on the second day of my new website, I published a CAVC decision about one Malcolm H. Melancon. It was the beginning of a long story much like … Continue reading

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NEW MILITARY MOVIE FOR THE AGES

Our Southeastern Coast Office checked in today with this latest Hollywood release of high-interest to military movie afficianados. While not quite John Wayne calibre, it certainly will resonate with many -both pro and anti-military. We live in troubled times and … Continue reading

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Cases when inactive HBV might wake up

HBV:  “The virus has four genes (or open reading frames), designated S for the surface antigen protein, C for the protein that covers the inner core and encloses the DNA, P for polymerase enzyme responsible for replication…, and X for … Continue reading

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CAVC–BELL V McDONALD–NEUTRAL EVIDENCE IS NOT NEGATIVE EVIDENCE

Welcome to the CAVC. Meet Saint Coral Wong Pietsch (pronounced peach) or abbreviated to St. Coral. She’s a member of the Holy Order of the Sisters of 625 Native American Ave. NW APO 20004 (Ninth Floor- Women’s Lingerie/Sundries). With the … Continue reading

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HADIT RADIO SHOW-EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT AN §1151 CLAIM

Jerrel caught me shoveling horse apples in the bottom pasture when he called the other afternoon about doing a show. It (shoveling manure) reminds me of my dealings with the VA in many respects. But that’s another story we’ll talk … Continue reading

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CAVC- 17-1450–STOP DRAGGIN’ MY HEART AROUND.

Hopefully, all you meatheads have survived Quatro de Julyo and still have all your digits attached-either by God or surgery. We fired off our share and I noticed you can actually get a crick in the neck from looking up … Continue reading

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HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

I extend a warm and free 4th of July to you all. Someone on our Key Peninsula (we live on something that looks like Florida but is 28 miles long and 5 miles wide) suggested we, in what could generously … Continue reading

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APO POSTAL CODES IN SEA 1961-1975

I’m always running to the googler to find an APO for a bare spot on a mountain in Vietnam… or Laos or wherever. It’s nice to have an alphabetical order to the system as well. Here’s the First MOB’s-short for … Continue reading

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