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I should have been a little clearer. My service was
during the Vietnam era, the records of which are
supposedly gone. I know the VA and the military are two
separate data depots but I wonder how much service info is
recoverable from the VA files. They don't hand out aid
and treatment without documentation.
Paul
On Mon, 28 May 2007 11:46:38 -0400
Ron May <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> In a message dated 5/28/2007 6:43:31 A.M. Pacific
>Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
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> VA computer theft occurred last year,
> they were able to notify me and millions of others via
> direct mail that our personal info may have been
> compromised.
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> One wonders where this information came from and how far
>back in time. Many
> veterans from World War II, Korea, Viet Nam, Grenada,
>Gulf War, Iraq and
> general service contact the VA for benefits. Even
>though my father's records of
> his infantry experience in France and the Battle of the
>Bulge burned at the
> National Archives, he applied for and received medical
>assistance at the VA. I
> think it is safe to say the VA records contain
>different kinds of information
> than the Army Records Center and National Archives. But
>hey, maybe all the VA
> stuff ought to go online too?
>
> Ron May
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Paul D. Scotton
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Classics
California State University
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