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He is considered a Vietnam Era vet but he served in Germany at the end of the Korean War.

Seems the time he was in does not count as war time for some reason.

He more or less had to enlist or he'd have been sent back to Ireland. This exact same scenario occurred with many men that immigrated to the USA during this time period.

There was a case of DUNN v. the US Army. Dunn, another Irish immigrant of the same ilk and lost his legs in the military during this time while serving. The Army told him to forget it and that he was not owed a thing. He sued them and they had to reverse their decision and he apparently did receive disability benefits.

This decision came down about 20 years ago best I can remember.

As for my husband, the military claims that he was in during a peace time era. It was a time slot of about 1-1/2 years it seems. He could receive medical via the VA if he had none but he is covered under my health care plan. I was disability retired from the State of Calif. Talk about getting screwed, they done me real good. I receive a pension of $97 a month BUT I do have medical and dental coverage.

Other than that, I have a few bucks left that my mother left me when she passed away almost 20 years ago right after we got this house but it was not enough to make a significant change in my life, it just made it a bit easier. Most of that money has been depleted after 20 years.