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Vietnam Veterans: Families
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Numerous veterans who served in Vietnam have been able to qualify for presumptive disability compensation for exposure to AO. Unfortunately the application of presumptive coverage has resulted in many inequities for veterans and their families.
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Over the years there has been a persistent media presentation of Vietnam veterans as ‘victims’. The Association believes that this is counter-productive. This is not an image that the VVAA wishes to perpetuate either for itself or for its members. Rather, it sees Vietnam veterans as achievers. Vietnam veterans have reached the highest level of business, professional and political ranks within Australia, and every one of them who has overcome psychological or health problems in order to raise a family and live a relatively normal life has overcome adversity in order to achieve. Vietnam veterans aren’t victims, they are achievers.
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Bush specifically joined the ANG at a time that the children of rich and well connected families were joining the ANG to get out of serving in Vietnam. The chance of someone from the ANG being sent to Vietnam involuntrarily was almost non-existent. And Bush was not courageous enough to volunteer
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