"We went to Vietnam as strangers but we became brothers over there," he said. "That's why we are still strong today. We care for each other."Now based in Roseville, Chapter 154 remains the largest VVA chapter in Michigan with 600 members and ranks fourth in the country.It was born when three Macomb County vets -- Pat Daniels, Bob Edwards and Steve Starr -- drove around Detroit one afternoon back in 1984 looking for the organization's Chapter 9. They were unable to find the place.
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Binder told me how the crew had been warned not to drink water from the evaporators — the device that turns seawater into freshwater — unless the ship was 10 miles offshore, because of the risk of contamination from Agent Orange, the jungle defoliant.
Binder is pre-diabetic and has other health issues that he reckons stem from his two tours in Vietnam. He's as keenly interested as anyone in getting the VA health system fixed, because his own experience on entering that bureaucracy years ago was a thoroughly unhappy one. To prove himself eligible for benefits he was made to recall details of his service that were best forgotten.
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