My Dad is a Veteran of Vietnam, is he elligable......?
475840
You can contact the VA, If your father was on the ground in Vietnam he is elligble for disability and medical care if he has diabetis. See links below.  You do need a DD-214 and asdditional proof he was on the ground in Vietnam.
870703
It really is impossible to say one way or the other.  There is no way whether he could know for certain that he will not be deployed.  If someone guaranteed him that he won't go then they were lying ---  especially since he hasn't even finished tech school -- so he doesn't even have orders yet for his first assignment and won't have them until he is almost done with school.
181028
He can once you obtain all the proper permits to own such a weapon. You will need to hold a FFL and then apply. It Ain't easy but it can be done if you have a clean record .
693635
Thank you so much; you seem wise beyond your years! I am a Vietnam Veteran and appreciate your words more than you will ever know. I hope you have a good life and support your local troops wherever they are. You are wished well. God bless you!
1158693
There are several veterans organizations like, AMVETS, DAV, etc that help veterans, at no charge to get benefits from their service to our country. The local VA should be where you and these organizations will help you to start. You don't state where he lives or is planning to live, so I didn't google or yahoo any local services, but you can find the Veterans Administration for local areas in YP.Yahoo.com once you put in a zip. \n\nIt is sad the conditions some of our Veterans must deal with. They were trained to deal with great adversity to defend our country, but they deserve more than is afforded them when their service is completed.
240007
not a vietnam vet but was stationed in W.Germany (b4 the Wall came down and went over again after the Wall came down - major difference in the folks over there both times) during the Gulf War in the Army.  Husband was in the Gulf War as a tank commander on the front lines.  My dad was a driver in the Army.  My brother just returned from Iraq.  My father-in-law was in WWII - he hit the beaches of Normandy on D-Day and was in the Battle of the Bulge.  I have a great uncle who was awarded the Medal of Honor and several other uncles who served as well.  My cousin, Tommy, was a Huey pilot in Vietnam.  He still has nightmares sometimes about it.  Had another uncle who was in the CCC.
143869
I'm not a lawyer, but i would follow the "deny until you die" theory, which states, making law enforecment work for everything. Cooperating with law enforcement does nothing to help your case in anyway, unless there is a signed deal saying otherwise. The longer your dad is out of state, the better, as witnesses and evidence have time to forget and be misplaced. Remeber, making the DA anngry is NOT evidence against your dad, and regaurdless the da will prosocute to te best of his ability anyway.
692853
You really want to learn a bout your dad? Maybe you should try going to military.com. If you have the info on his unit and such maybe some of his unit is still a bout and would know of him. You might go there join up and do a search for people who may have known him. Nothing would tell you more about him than the people who worked with him...
77247
First of all, let me say how sorry I am for your loss. As a combat Viet-Nam veteran of some twenty (20) months I know a little about the numerous questions you must have, at this most difficult time. If I may say, this is not the forum from which to seek the answers you must so desperately need. My advice to you would be to go directly to the horses mouth, so to speak. Contact the Bureau of Veteran's Affairs in your local area, you'll be on the right track then, with out getting wrong information and without shareing your grief with half the internet.    veteranpainter@yahoo.com
524395
Yes youu can as your father is a citizen you should have no probs.
527986
I've thanked those I can. My grandpa was a decorated Army vetran who died 2 years ago. My Father is a retired Marine Vet from the Vietnam era, and my brother is in the army, having been to Iraq twice already and getting ready to go back for a third time. My thoguhts and prayers are with all of our vets who fight heroicly for us, and for those who selfishly have given their lives for us. Today I will be spending my day proudly beside my father at the Marine Corps Memorial in Colorado.
124809
Desert Shadow - I am the son of a Nam Vet.  My Dad served in the Navy.  He was stationed in De Nang.  My co-worker is retired army who was in Nam.  I love to hear his war stories but they are very gut wrenching.  He was on officer in Tactical Zone II with Black Ops & MIKE forces.  The operations & recons that he went on, I hate to say it are like movie scripts to me.  Shadow, you guys had your hands tied by the idiots in Washington, but I support all military troops & the war they fought (and are fighting)!  Sincerely - THANK YOU for your service!!
22829
i have no sympathy for you.. he shouldnt have signed anything.. this isnt like vietnam.. your son wasnt drafted.. you live.. you learn..
959707
My dad was deployed on a lot of holidays when I was growing up.  My mom invited soldiers over whose family was in the States or somewhere else.  Thanksgiving isn't just about family its about being with friends too, so she just made sure that if anyone didn't have a place to go they were at our house!
969384
Hey Tofu, what veteran? Kerry is a veteran only in the misfortunes he creates for hisself. I know he served in Nam. almost a whole 3 months---now theres a hero for you. Its a wonder his own people didn't frag him.  His life is a series of flubs: senate commitee hearings on vietnam, his catsup princess, the 04 presidential campaign, and his "I voted for it before I voted against it", now just outright insulting the troops and trying to blame it as a botched joke. Kerry, your the only joke and no one is laughing.  I wonder when the people of the state of Massachusetts are gonna grow a pair and fire his sorry ****
162470
bust him out ...and tell him to show his DD214 if he wants to prove it...and dont fall for the  "my records are classified" crap. tell the dudes at the VFW but only if you are sure. make sure you have proof. Is he like younger than say 45? find someone who WAS there and bust him out in public. BE carefull. the war was 10 years and was in different zones so one vet's experiance is different from another.
669951
Possibly .. I mean, here we have a solider who is going into a battle front and he may/may not be wounded, shot down, captured, all of the above, I personally want to thank him for defending our freedom's but as you can see this might have a "unfortunate" outcome. It is nice that you found someone that admires you and you him, just keep in mind of the possibilities that await you and all of the other families that have loved ones in Iraq right now. I don't want to tell you this is wrong or try to "throw salt" on the game in any way. BY ALL MEANS keep in touch with him he will need the correspondence, and if you "solider boy" make it back home, take some time to thank him properly.