Tom and Lorraine...I think this qualifies as "above and beyond" the call of duty. Thank You both.

I went to the DC VAMC Hospital a few weeks ago with a friend, 'Nam Vet Marine 0311/0331, PH, BS, same-same 11B and M60 gunner.

He was really in the mix 'way up North, and was visiting for lower back injuries yet unresolved, and mild depression. Not so mild, if you ask me.

They kept him that day. He stayed almost a week, and on another clinic visit for a "rap session", they kept him again...and in his own words, he's "just an average guy who did what duty dictated."

On they way up, I convinced myself to re-file for the VA disability I waived in '74 when I went back in. That was physical. Now I'm not so sure that's all.

Lumpy