[ARC5] Hometown Battlefield

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

We had one of those events yesterday in Oklahoma.  A Korean and Vietnam vet with stage 3 cancer had been trying to get help from the VA for 13 months to no avail.  He had recently contacted a local talk show host and with lots of other help he had finally gotten some VA assistance in 24 hours.  Unfortunately it was way too late, for his despair over what has happened to the country for which he sacrificed so much had shown him it just didn't give a damn.  Wednesday he had contacted the talk show host for what became the last time as he shot himself after he had hung up. 
 
I sure hope it's not already too late to turn this country around!
 
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* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 * 
* (Since 30 Nov 53) * 
* k2gkk hotmail com * 
* Oklahoma City, OK * 
* USAF & FAA (Ret.) * 
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p.s.  If the above offends you, that's YOUR problem, not mine.
 
 
 
> Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 02:35:08 +0000
> To: mark.k3msb at gmail.com; arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Hometown Battlefield
> From: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> 
> Fantastic...great song, great player, great singer.
> And the greatest of all...the message!!
> Thanks!!!!
>       From: Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb at gmail.com>
>  To: ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> 
>  Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 2:35 PM
>  Subject: [ARC5] Hometown Battlefield
>    
> I was never in the military.
> 
> I had tears rolling down my face as I viewed this.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/embed/Wq0X0bwMprQ?feature=player_embedded
> 
> Thanks to those of you that served.
> 
> Mark K3MSB
> Proud Father of a U.S. Army Soldier