Hello Gladys,
Having waited a few hours...just to see, if other members may respond,
it looks like (other than for Indy and a Bat)...you have again struck-out?
I'm not with [off-topic] List...so with owners OK, my brief answer follows.
Clearly off-topic turf in CS List,,,hopefully, a SILVER STAR, will qualify?
While I agree with Indy on being touched, by Armando's story/problems,
as a "Nam-Vet" myself (3-Tours/65~69, Naval Air)...I am not, going into,
asking you, or Armando for more details, but be advised...others, might!
(Not sure why you posted to CS List, or why News Media...NO Reply-?)
Personally I prefer staying in background...on Net-List & Health groups,
but on the chance, that your request may in fact be legitimate,,,I will try
to point you and your friend to the right people/services...to get HELP..?
I assure you...IF, Armando takes his DD214/(military discharge papers),
personally, to the "Post Commander" of any "VFW, or American-Legion"
POST...once they can view DD214 and verify his current (life) situation...
there are members there that will TAKE ACTION to help a VETERAN..!!!
As a long time VFW member, I suggest, he contact a local VFW POST,
near where he lives, check phone directory, or go view www.VFW.ORG .
Once on web-site, enter Mail ZIP Code...to locate a VFW POST near-by.
With Armando being actual Combat-Vet, he should already be in VFW..?
American-Legion is open to all Military Vets, VFW...only, to Combat-Vet!
Also, might contact a local, "American-Legion" Post @ www.legion,org ,
American-Legion has over 3-million members and VFW...over 1.6 million.
As third option, with a "Purple-Heart"...Google, [order of purple heart org]?
With reaching age 65...Social Security Pension is there, also Disability..?
Many with PTSD & Serious Depresion, help options are over-looked, until,
another Brave War Vet may be lost forever...friends like Gladys, Can Help!
I assure you IF Armando's Story is TRUE, as presented...HELP-Is-There!!!
Hopefully above Links will answer your needs, if not contact me, by email?
As for being evicted into street on Thanksgiving day, not so...next day yes!
Stories of Homeless Vets found dead in streets are are very sad and tragic
part of REAL World we live in, but VFW & Legion members HELP if asked!
Veterans day was one week ago, but people should thank Vets Every Day!
Thanks Mike, for letting this FLY and hopefully...it will not keep-on posting?
(LoL, maybe Wayne's busy eating Dead Rats/(Not Bat) and won't read this)
Vets HELP other Vets,
BATzCUZ=yahoo,com (remove = and replace with @ to fool Enemy Spies)
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--- On Mon, 11/17/08, Indi <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Indi <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: CS>WAR HERO IN TROUBLE
To: [email protected]
Date: Monday, November 17, 2008, 7:28 PM
That's awful, I am very sorry for your friend.
I suggest you subscribe to the silver off topic list
and post it there. Someone may have a helpful tip or two.
More info here: http://silverlist.org/
Cheers,
indi
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:01:41PM +0000, [email protected] wrote:
> I know this is not the forum for this but you are some of the smartest
> people I know so I appeal to you for any suggestions???? My friend
is
> 65 years old and has stomach cancer. And he may not make it. I am
afraid
> his last days might be spent in an alley somewhere in the cold. So I
sent
> his story to the NY Times, Daily News, NY Post and all the TV stations.
> Not one single person has gotten back to me. So again I ask for any
> suggestions??????
>
>
>
>
> VIETNAM WAR HERO TO BE THROWN INTO THE STREET ON THANKSGIVING DAY!
>
>
>
> Medals----Silver Star, Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal,
Armed
> Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Army Service
Ribbon,
> Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, W/60 Device, Overseas Service Bar.
>
>
>
> Sp4 Armondo Leguillow, now 65, proudly served his country in Vietnam
and
> was shot in the face, patched up and sent back to the war. The next
time
> it was much worse. He was shot in the head back and leg and ended up
in a
> coma. His estranged wife was sent a letter that he was MIA. He woke
up
> in a hospital in Japan with partial amnesia. He was shipped to a
hospital
> in Korea, then discharged in 1972 from the Veterans hospital in
St.
> Albans, NY.
>
>
>
> He went home to his elderly mother, where she cared for him as he
battled
> a crippling case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and
severe
> depression. He did not leave his room for over a year.
>
>
>
> Unable to work, he filed for Disability Benefits which he had earned
with
> his own blood. To his surprise the Army had no record of his service.
He
> called, wrote and fought for over 20 years to no avail until a letter
to
> President Clinton in 1996 finally unearthed his long lost records.
>
>
>
> By that time he had a flourishing acting career and did not
need
> Disability Benefits. Tragedy struck once again and his mother now 81,
and
> disabled, her sister 84, and a mentally handicapped cousin, 67, were
left
> with no one to care for them. He abandoned his acting career and
returned
> to New York to care for them. His mother died at age 94, 5 months ago.
>
>
>
> Now, he himself has severe health problems which hamper his ability
to
> work. With no food, and his rent overdue by several months he was
forced
> to apply for Welfare and Food Stamps. However, he never stopped
looking
> for a job. The VA came through with a job. But Welfare told him he
would
> not be eligible for help if he was working. So he did not take the
job.
> After five months of application after application, day after day,
after
> day spent on the hard chairs in the welfare office, they refused to
help
> him.
>
>
>
> So now this WAR HERO, who was so willing to give his life for his
country
> is being evicted; thrown into the street on the day most of us will
be
> celebrating, eating turkey, and giving thanks. We all have something
to
> thank him for, but will we? Is this the way we treat our HEROES?
>
>
>
> By: Gladys Williams- 718 829-2122
>
>
>
>
>
> Contact: Armando Leguillow- 347-851-5571
>
>
>
>
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