Well it's the truth and the VFW isn't the only organization dying and when
all the old vets are dead there won't be any VFW. No I did not get a Vietnam
Service Medal either. But like the man said it I had been stationed in
Japan....
Before that I loaded nukes on B-52s and GAM missles under the wings of a
B-52. This was a period that all my AFSC tried to get the missle badge to
wear. Well no luck. We only loaded nukes on the missles. We did not load the
missle under the wing so no badge.
Floyd
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Garrett" <j.garrett@gte.net>
To: "Floyd Petri" <fpetri@eastex.net>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 9:09 PM
Subject: RE: [MV] Fw: [MV] VFW and S1416
> Floyd,
>
> That story is unf***ingbelieveable. The VFW is dying beacuse they are not
> getting enough new members. What is their rationale, that Guam is part
of
> the US? I guess that is kindasorta true, but it is pretty stupid. Did
you
> not get a Vietnam Service Medal, either?
>
> Had you been stationed in Japan would you be eligible for VFW membership?
>
> I get invitations to join the American Legion and the VFW all the time,
> because my dad was a retired MSGT in the army. He died 7 years ago, and
I
> never went on active duty. Go figure.
>
> Joe Garrett
> cell 425-344-1402
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
> Behalf Of Floyd Petri
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 11:14 PM
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> Subject: [MV] Fw: [MV] VFW and S1416
>
>
> I am very disappointed in the VFW supporting S1416. Then again I have no
> confidence in their leadership. In my opinion they are a bunch of
> premadonnas. Two years ago I received a very nice letter from the VFW
> National Headquarters saying that we know that you are retired from the
> military and wish for you to join the VFW and support us, bla bla on and
on.
> Well I filled out the application and put my information on the form and
> sent it along with my check into VFW HQ. A few weeks later I received
> another letter along with my returned check stating that they were sorry,
> but I could not join the VFW. I was only on Guam loading bombs on B-52s to
> bomb Vietnam and I never put a foot on the ground in Vietnam. Generals
stood
> on the briefing stage and told me we (I) was at war no matter what the
> people back home thought. Evidently they did not tell the VFW Committee.
>
> So they can just kiss my a... and another thing. The government told me
that
> I would have free medical the rest of my life when I joined if I stayed
for
> retirement. So what did they say about that? Oh no. Pamphlets don't count
> they are not law. Recruiters can't obligate the government. That is not
law.
> The law does not provide for free medical the rest of your life.
>
> Well if they pass S1416 it will be law. It will be in the law that they
can
> come and take it away and there will always be the little prick that has
> never seen the first day in the military try to come get it too. The VFW's
> committee's opinion does not mean shi... cause it is not the law.
>
> Wake up America! Before it's too late.
>
> Floyd Petri
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <TacticalTruck@aol.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 8:24 PM
> Subject: [MV] VFW and S1416
>
>
> > Read something disturbing on www.aero-news.net:
> >
> > quote
> > "First, the VFW's reasoning:
> > Bob Manhan, at the VFW, left us a chilling message. "We [VFW] strongly
> > endorse the whole Defense Authorization Act, both the House and the
Senate
>
> > versions. Look at p. 351 [the committee's opinion, as seen in ANN, which
> says
> > it doesn't expect WW II planes, for instance, to be targeted for
> destruction
> > -- even though that's exactly what the wording of the bill says]." He
> > continued, "We support this because there is some stuff out there, that
> could
> > -- if fallen into the wrong hands -- could be used by for criminal,
> terrorist
> > activities. That's why, generally speaking, we support the whole
> [profanity
> > deleted] enchilada." Using that logic, the VFW leadership would want to
> > disarm the entire United States, down to the last butter knife. [If the
> law
> > doesn't mean what it says, it should be rewritten to say what it means.
> > --ed.]"
> > end quote
> >
> >
> > I'm sure many HMV owners belong to the VFW and many of us who are not
Vets
> > have hauled Vets in our HMVs in parades and such. I feel sure the Vets I
> know
> > would not feel the same way as the person quoted here. We need to call
our
> > VFW connections and explain why this bill is so bad to get them to
> pressure
> > their leadership to change it's position. Has every one caled their
> > Congressman yet? Get on the stick! I called Sen. Warner's office today
and
>
> it
> > appears he's strongly against it.
> > Jeff
> > TacticalTruck.com
> >
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