Dave Deluca aka Deaddave is running for the post
of National VP in VVA at our National Convention in
August, please vote for him, Dave will be running from
the floor, see his photo in the photo department
under Chapter 756

s I am unable to join the meetings via chat I
post:Each Wednesday an hour before your meeting in this
chatroom, goto vvets on TalkCity and Sound Reveille!Only
with a leading hand can this group move forward at an
acceptable pace. [my opinion]Together Then ~ Together
Again!Dix

ust got off the phone with ex-ol.  She works for<br>FEDEX. She will try to get
FEDEX to donate their<br>obsolete PCs to local VVA chapters. Told ya so,<br>some
time back. Will advise.<br>Rockfish

ere is Doc's post;<br>Lightning strike fried both computers here at Bronson
house a week ago Friday. Have just gotten new puter and will be getting back as
soon as I get everything loaded.

e're sorry to say Doc, our fearless online host
is still MIA. If any of you hear from him, tell him
we'll keep the door open awaiting his return and hope
all is well. We will hold Doc's place open one more
time and make this week's meeting a "no host event"
<br>This week's online meeting will be a take place in the
VVAonline Chat Room at Yahoo <br>
<a href=http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/vvaonline,
target=new>http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/vvaonline,</a> 21:30 Eastern, Wed, April
14. <br><br>Our
Canidate for VVA Vice President National, Steve Bramham
will be in attendence and availabe for your Q & A.
Have questions? Now is your chance to ask.<br><br>If
you haven't signed up for Yahoo, or used the chat
area we suggest you do so before the meeting. If you
need help you can email me, post a message on the club
message board or email the founders of the room. <br><br>
I will leave my online pagers on during the
meeting. If you have trouble access the room, don't
hesitate to page me. <br> ICQ Pager: 4191901<br> AOL
Pager: gEmUSA<br> Yahoo Pager: ePegasusOne"

teve's Town Hall Survey is online, sound off
now!<br>In Steve's words, "Please take a minute to complete
this survey to assist me in determining what the VVA
membership sees as important to the continued growth of
VietnamVeterans of America"
<br><a href=http://TheVeteran.Net/steve/townhall.html
target=new>http://TheVeteran.Net/steve/townhall.html</a>

received the following this morning. Told him I
would pass it along.<br><br>v_wills<br>----- Original
Message ----- <br>From: Miles
&lt;headache@...&gt;<br>To: &lt;phkywill@...&gt;<br>Sent:
Monday,
April 05, 1999 1:38 AM<br><br><br>&gt; Looking for info
on my old outfit: 3rd Marine Div. 9th Marine
Amphibious<br>&gt; Brigade, U.S.S. Okinawa, most of 1967, thanks,
Miles<br>&gt; <br>&gt;

appy Easter To All. May this be a time of
resurrection for us all.Manychallenges face us all;but the
Power of Sharing & Comradship are 2 very awesome tools
at our beckoned call.Remember those that are in the
shoes that we once wore.With that in mind;this came in
off another list.Southwestern Bell and Pacific Bell
Internet services have createdfree e-mail addresses for
families of the three American soldiers nowheld in
Yugoslavia. Those who want to send messages of support can
doso at the addresses below.SSGT Christopher Stone
ssoldier@... Steven M. Gonzales tsoldier@... Andrew
A. Ramirez casoldier@...(Source: SBC
Communications Inc.)

he three US servicemen were captured, they havve been beaten up but are alive,
now lets pray for their safety and return to their families

e now have 3 US servicemen missing on the Kosovo
Maceadonia border, they were part of a recon force wathing
the Serbs, and reported they were recieving small
arms fire, and were surrounded, then nothing,
Helecopters were launched, but have not found the men or
their Humvee

he Sanh vet Manny Babbitt lost his war with
PTSD, and committed a murder<br> while swept up in a
PTSD flashback. He is to be executed in California
on<br>May<br> 4. His prosecutor says his PTSD is baloney.
Please come read about his case<br>and join other vets
in standing up for a brother who deserves
better.<br>&lt;A
HREF="<a href=http://www.ospd.ca.gov/Manny/babbitt.html
target=new>http://www.ospd.ca.gov/Manny/babbitt.html</a>"&gt;<br><a
href=http://www.ospd.ca.gov/Manny/babbitt.html&lt;/A&gt;
target=new>http://www.ospd.ca.gov/Manny/babbitt.html&lt;/A&gt;</a>
<br><br>Please take a moment to&lt;A
HREF="<a href=http://www.ospd.ca.gov/Manny/babbitt.html
target=new>http://www.ospd.ca.gov/Manny/babbitt.html</a> "&gt;<br>read Manny
Babbitt's story&lt;/A&gt;
then Voice your opinion via <br>&lt;A
HREF="mailto:gray.davis@..."&gt;email&lt;/A&gt;, phone, fax, mail to
CA<br>Governor Davis.
<br><br> Email: gray.davis@...<br> Phone:
916-445-2841<br> Email: gray.davis@... <br> Phone:
916-445-2841<br> Phone: 213-620-2211<br> FAX:
916-445-4633<br><br>Capitol Address<br>Capitol Building #1114 <br>Sacramento,
CA 95814<br>Phone: 916-445-2841<br>Phone:
213-620-2211<br>FAX: 916-445-4633

teve Bramham, VVA Region 4 Director, past
president of the Georgia State Council and past-president
of VVA Chapter 664, has announced his candidacy for
the position of VVA national vice-president and the
1999 VVA Convention in Anaheim,
California.<br><br>Steve served with the US Air Force as a Combat
Journalist with Headquarters 7th Air Force at Tan Son Nhut
Air Base in the Republic of Vietnam from April 1970
to April 1971.<br><br>Steve feels that opening lines
of communication between all levels of the VVA
organization is imperative if we want to be an effective
organization.<br><br>National officers and members of the national board of
directors should make every effort to be on-line to answer
questions and hear complaints and compliments from the
membership.<br><br>National must be responsive to the grassroots members of
VVA and act in the best interest of the members.
<br><br>Steve would ask for your support and your help in
passing the word to as many people as you can. Together
we can make a difference. If elected I will be
available via telephone, fax, email, and the Internet chat
rooms to hear from anyone interested in Veteran
benefits.<br><br>Steve can be reached via email at
sbramham@...<br><br>Thank You

ere is the proposed agenda for Region
I;<br>LOCATION: VERMONT VETERANS HOME MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM -
BENNINGTON, VT.<br><br>SATURADAY APRIL 24TH, 1999<br><br>
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM PRESENATION OF COLORS<br> PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE<br> OPENING PRAYER & MOMENT OF SILENCE<br> ROLL CALL
OF THOSE ATTENDING<br> WELCOME REMARKS:<br> JOHN
MINER, PRESIDENT VERMONT STATE COUNCIL<br> GEORGE
DUGGINS, NATIONAL PRESIDENT<br> <br> ADOPT AGENDA<br><br>
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM GOVENMENT RELATIONS - RICK WEIDMAN
- NATIONAL<br> 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM BREAK<br> 10:45
AM - 11:30 AM POW/MIA - BOB NECCI - NATIONAL
CHAIRMAN<br> 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM SERVICE OFFICER REPORT
(?)<br> 12:00 PM - 13:00 PM LUNCH - (FURNISHED)<br> 13:00
PM - 13:45 PM (SPEAKER) VT STATE SENATE PRESIDENT
PRO TEM<br> PETER SHUMLIN<br> 13:45 PM - 14:30 PM
NANCY SWITZER - ASSOCATE'S NATIONAL PRESIDENT<br> 14:30
PM - 14:45 PM BREAK<br> 14:45 PM - 15:30 PM
MEMBERSHIP - ALAN GREEN NATIONAL DIRECTOR AND<br> CHARLIE
MONTGOMERY - CHAIRMAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE<br> 15:30 PM -
16:30 PM REGIONAL REPORTS - MA,VT,CT,ME,NH,RI<br> 16:30
PM - 18:00 PM SPECIAL FILMS NORWICH COLLEGE AND
STUDENTS<br><br> I don't think we will need sunday. Please print
this and pass it out<br>to every one.

ecently a request was made as to the procedure
to obtain medals. <br><br>Steve.Bramham writes,<br>
The best way is the fill out an SF-180, obtainable
from the local VA office or on-line at
<a href=http://www.va.gov. target=new>http://www.va.gov.</a> <br> You can obtain
a copy of your DD-214,
separation report, all medals awarded while in service, and
your complete medical history. The first time is no
charge. If you need medals replaced a second time there
is a small fee.<br><br>C Cook, director of sf county
veterans service office writes,<br> As of March 01, 1999,
all replacement medals should be ordered through the
National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) at 9700 Page
Ave., St. Louis, MO 63132-5100 - Standard Form 180,
Request Pretaining to Military.<br> Records can be used
to request replacement medals. The URL for the
Records Center is <a href=http://www.nara.gov/regional/mpr.html
target=new>http://www.nara.gov/regional/mpr.html</a>

ood morning, this will serve to inform the group
that I am unable to access chat in Yahoo! I get to the
chatroom ok, but am unable to participate due to my
browser's limitations. Perhaps I will attend as a viewer
only.

ooking forward to meeting all of ya'll, and as
for missing messages, I have experenced that problem
before with the club, due to high volume of traffic, the
are confused, but usually have it straight in a day.
think they have more than one machine, and sometimes
you connect to one and others to a different one not
sure, but usually messages get straight in a day

've tried a few times to chat, not working. Can
however read text but when I want to join conversation,
unable to?...............Last time was 3/21/99 @
18:40..........WebTv here, no Java.......activated the html client to
get into room....I can only read, cannot
participate.......bummer.........out.....

ey Doc what is going on?  There are messages missing in VVA online room and
here.  Only founders of rooms can delete messages...  You are the only founder
listed here.

here appears to be some missing messages.Can anyone shed some light on this?? 
JAKE!!

end e-mail to notify us of next meeting.<br>Thx<br>Rockfish

ello all brother from nam...looking forward to meeting ya'll..

ust stopped by to say hello and to say thanks for allowing me to join the group.

ust thought i would stop in and say howdy.. glad I could join .. and my home
page is not complete.. bear with me. Will be seeing ya online

o fish, glad ya made it.  Hope u can make the meeting next Wednesday

here will be an online meeting of members of
VVOnline on Wednesday night (3/17) at 9:00PM Eastern Time.
Meeting will be held in the VVOnline Chat Room - click on
Chat at the left side of the screen.

ockfish on board. New screenname, new e-mail<br>address.

Welcome, This is the Yahoo! Message Board for V Online community.