Unlike any other ship in the U.S. Navy,
LST's did it all.

According to the January 2010 VA Compensation and Pension Service Bulletin, crewmembers that served aboard any LST in Vietnam are now presumed to have been exposed to Agent Orange. What this means is you are now entitled to check the Agent Orange box (Section IV F) on the 1010EZ form when applying for VA health care coverage, and you should be in the door even if your income or assets are above the specified limits. It should also mean it will be easier to obtain benefits for Agent Orange related claims you may have!

 

All vessels with the designation LST [Landing

Ship, Tank] during their entire tour

[WWII ships converted to transport supplies on

Rivers and serve as barracks for brown water

Mobile Riverine Forces]

 

Compensation and Pension (C&P) Service has

Initiated a program to collect data on Vietnam

Naval operations for the purpose of providing

Regional offices with information to assist with

Development in Haas related disability claims

Based on herbicide exposure from Navy

Veterans. To date, we have received verification

From various sources showing that a number of

Offshore “blue water” naval vessels conducted

Operations on the inland “brown water” rivers

And delta areas of Vietnam. We have also

Identified certain vessel types that operated

Primarily or exclusively on the inland

Waterways. The ships and dates of inland

Waterway services are listed below. If a

Veteran’s service aboard one of these ships can

Be confirmed through military records during the

Time frames specified, then exposure to herbicide

Agents can be presumed without further

Development.

 

COLD WAR RECOGNITION CERTIFICATE

The U. S. Government has decided to recognize all veterans that served honorably during the cold war years (Sept. 2,1945 to December 26,1991. The recognition is in the form of a certificate and maybe, sometime in the future, a medal. Registration for the certificate can be done online at:

http://coldwar.army.mil/

In addition to registering you must mail in an offical document that contains your Social Security number, name, and dates of service. (Your DD form or Honorable Discharge Certificate should work) Mail a copy of this document to:

Cold War Recognition 4035 Ridge Top Road Fairfax, VA, 22030-7445

 

 

SQUADRON 9 REUNION

WE CAN DO THIS

I THINK WE ALL HAVE DISCUSSED HAVING A SQUADRON 9 REUNION AND I THINK WE ALL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A REUNION SO WITH THAT SAID LET'S GET TO WORK BERNIE LA FIANZA IS THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE USS WASHOE COUNTY ASSN. SO EMAIL BERNIE AND LET'S GET THIS GOING FOR 2011 IN SAN DIEGO.

 

 

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