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My name is Tonja Cox, and another veteran gave me this link to use 
to contact more veterans who might wish to tell their stories for 
publication. I just completed my Master's Thesis, concerning 
homecoming stories of Vietnam veterans, and it was well received, 
both professionally and by veterans who participated. I have been 
advised by several professors to continue the work and submit it for 
publication. To get these stories out there for the public to see 
and hopefully come to understand what Vietnam veterans experienced 
then and still experience today, I need more stories to make it book 
length. Anyone wishing to participate should email me at 
tweety@webound.com. To give you a little info about me, I was a 
former employee of the VA back in 1978 and I saw firsthand the 
discrimination against Vietnam veterans seeking assistance from the 
VA. I was working there when a veteran applied 6 times for 
hospitalization for what is now called PTSD. He said he was having 
flashbacks, and was terribly afraid he would hurt someone. He was 
the janitor of our local grade school and didn't want to hurt the 
children, or anyone else. Every month, he was denied. In fact, my 
supervisor never submitted the paperwork I so meticulously filled 
out in triplicate. He stamped it denied and filed it. I was 
infuriated then. But a few days after his sixth denial, he went 
home, and during one of his "flashbacks," he took the shotgun down 
from the gun rack, got down behind the sofa, and when his wife came 
through the door carrying decorations for their daughter's wedding 
reception the next week, he blew her head off, fighting the enemy in 
his mind. He told the police he never saw her. When I heard, I quit 
the VA that day and never went back. I swore I would do something to 
let people know about the kind of treatment these men were receiving 
from those who should have understood. My boss often made me give up 
my comfortable chair for the WWII Vets who came in to chew the fat. 
But let a Vietnam vet walk in and he was lucky to be in the office 
long enough to use the metal folding chair in front of the desk. I 
just couldn't accept it. Back in 1988, I had the opportunity to 
publish a few articles for a Veteran's Day issue of a newspaper. I 
spoke with several veterans then, and the articles were well 
received, especially by the veterans who seemed relieved to have a 
chance to talk about what had happened to them. I got the same 
reception when I started working on my Master's thesis. The support 
has been overwhelming. I would be happy to send a copy of the work 
to anyone interested in participating. I want to know about your 
homecoming experiences. How you were treated when you came home, by 
the public, your family, your friends, the government, etc. 
Any memorable experiences you would like to share about your 
service. Many are sending me the stories of their first days in 
Vietnam and their first days home. And how you feel today in the 
face of the Iraq War. I look forward to hearing from more of you. I 
can give you contact info for some of the others who have 
participated, if you would like a reference. Please help me get this 
information out there to a public who may be more willing to 
understand now than they were back then. I'm hoping this book will 
help give Vietnam vets the voice they have been denied for so long. 
I thank all those who have already responded. I've made some 
wonderful email friends. I would also like to let you know that 
there is going to be a huge celebration in honor of Vietnam veterans 
in Branson, MO in July, of 2005. I will post that story separately. 
I plan to go. I hope to meet many more veterans there. I just want 
them to know that there are people out here who did, and still do 
appreciate their efforts on behalf of this country.

Sincerely,

Tonja Cox
HCR 1, Box 870
Pontiac, MO 65729
417-679-3006 

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