IN MEMORY>>>Pat Toro loses battle with leukemia

Pastor “Pat” Toro, a decorated Forest Hills war veteran and the former president of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 32 in Queens, has lost his battle with Myelodysplastic syndrome.

Toro, 65, died Thursday morning at St. Francis Hospital after going through months of chemotherapy for his malady, a precursor to leukemia, which relatives said was brought on by Agent Orange exposure during his tour in Vietnam with the U.S. Marine Corp.

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Tracing sickness back to Vietnam War

If you have a loved one who was in Vietnam and died due to complications from exposure to Agent Orange or other causes attributed to being in Vietnam, fill out an application to have him or her added to the "In Memory Honor Roll." The ceremony gave my siblings, my sister-in-law and me yet another chance to grieve the life of this remarkable man and allowed us to meet other families who lost their loved ones, too. A description of the program and the application are on this website: http://www.vvmf.org/InMemoryProgram

I thank all the veterans for their service to our country and salute them this Veterans Day and every day.

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Wall of Memories: Vietnam Vets take Emotional Yellow Ribbon Honor Flight

"Forty-seven years ago, I boarded a plane here to go to Vietnam. There was nobody here to send me off," said James Sitter of Oshkosh.

More than four decades after the Vietnam War came to an end, these veterans still feel a brokenness inside.

The thought of visiting the Vietnam Memorial Wall today is overwhelming for many.

"Some of them probably still won't be able to walk up to it," Mike Weaver of Kaukauna said about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall. "It's all their friends, their compatriots, their classmates, their buddies are on that wall and they aren't names to them, they're human beings."

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