American people stand up and be counted.  Call, write your members of Congress and Senate.  Urge them to pass Bills HR-969 and S.681.  Your voice must be heard to save lives.

John J. Bury Global News Centre

(MEDIA, Pa.)  Senators Gillibrand (D-NY) and Daines (R-MT) in bipartisonship March 9, 2015, introduced to the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Senate Bill S.681 titled The Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Act.  The Bill is to companion with House Bill HR-969 of the same title.  Both Bills are important to those veterans who have been ignored for VA benefits ever since 2002.

It is beyond comprehension why our legislators continue to ignore this group of veterans who served at sea in the combat waters of the Republic of Vietnam.  These Navy veterans were also in Harms Way and were poisoned with the herbicide Agent Orange Dioxin.  Tens of thousands at sea have come down with the same diseases as those troops with boots on ground and proven by the Institute Of Medicine (IOM) that Dioxin is in fact just as deadly at sea as on land.  The IOM investigative report is what Congress and the VA goes by to determine certain benefits for veterans that involve herbicides such as is the case relative to the Vietnam War.  These legislative Bills are supported by all service military organizations.

American people stand up and be counted.  Call, write your members of Congress and Senate.  Urge them to pass Bills HR-969 and S.681.  Your voice must be heard to save lives.

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Global News Centre.com’s John Bury represents both his interests and those of military veterans, with an emphasis on the U.S. Navy, and specific interest in health-related issues stemming from Agent Orange contamination; a rampant problem affecting so many who didn’t necessarily have the deadly chemical dropped on their heads while fighting in Vietnam’s jungles. John was onboard the USS Sacramento (AOE-1) a fast combat support ship from Oct. 1967 to Feb. 1972, making four deployments to Vietnam waters.

Now an activist and writer, John lives in the aptly named Pennsylvania city, Media, where he continues to seek justice while becoming a larger and larger voice of the movement. John has a college degree (AS) Management from Delaware County Community College, and he taught disciplines of engineering at Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades. When he isn’t writing articles, performing research or rallying support for his fellow military veterans, John enjoys fishing; he is an amateur artist, and also spends time gardening and traveling. You can write to John Bury at Email: [email protected]