Vet freezes to death after being released from VA

[IronMonster]

Army veteran freezes to death after being released from VA hospital

MADISON, Wis. -- An Atlanta family says it was negligence that led to the death of their father, an Army veteran.

Vance Perry was found dead on New Year's Eve in a freezing-cold parking garage in Madison, Wis.

Erika Perry hasn't seen her father in five years. Now, she and her siblings are trying to figure out how to see him one last time --- for his funeral.

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[Mephistopheles]

JUST A COMMON SOLDIER

(A Soldier Died Today)

by A. Lawrence Vaincourt



He was getting old and paunchy and his hair was falling fast,

And he sat around the Legion, telling stories of the past.

Of a war that he had fought in and the deeds that he had done,

In his exploits with his buddies; they were heroes, every one.




And tho' sometimes, to his neighbors, his tales became a joke,

All his Legion buddies listened, for they knew whereof he spoke.

But we'll hear his tales no longer for old Bill has passed away,

And the world's a little poorer, for a soldier died today.




He will not be mourned by many, just his children and his wife,

For he lived an ordinary and quite uneventful life.

Held a job and raised a family, quietly going his own way,

And the world won't note his passing, though a soldier died today.




When politicians leave this earth, their bodies lie in state,

While thousands note their passing and proclaim that they were great.

Papers tell their whole life stories, from the time that they were young,

But the passing of a soldier goes unnoticed and unsung.




Is the greatest contribution to the welfare of our land,

A guy who breaks his promises and cons his fellow man?

Or the ordinary fellow who, in times of war and strife,

Goes off to serve his Country and offers up his life?




A politician's stipend and the style in which he lives,

Are sometimes disproportionate to the service that he gives.

While the ordinary soldier, who offered up his all,

Is paid off with a medal and perhaps, a pension small.




It's so easy to forget them for it was so long ago,

That the old Bills of our Country went to battle, but we know

It was not the politicians, with their compromise and ploys,

Who won for us the freedom that our Country now enjoys.




Should you find yourself in danger, with your enemies at hand,

Would you want a politician with his ever-shifting stand?

Or would you prefer a soldier, who has sworn to defend

His home, his kin and Country and would fight until the end?




He was just a common soldier and his ranks are growing thin,

But his presence should remind us we may need his like again.

For when countries are in conflict, then we find the soldier's part

Is to clean up all the troubles that the politicians start.




If we cannot do him honor while he's here to hear the praise,

Then at least let's give him homage at the ending of his days.

Perhaps just a simple headline in a paper that would say,

Our Country is in mourning, for a soldier died today.




©1987 A. Lawrence Vaincourt

Larry Vaincourt's Rhymes & Reflections

 

[Caveman Jim]

Bowing my head in prayer.

 

[No_Regerts]

This article pisses me off. The family hasn't seen this man in five years and they are threatening legal action because he wasn't escorted to the taxi they called him after he voluntarily left the hospital? If there was any lack in care, its by his family over at least the last five years. Shame on them for seeing the dollar signs.

 

[EPS]

This article pisses me off. The family hasn't seen this man in five years and they are threatening legal action because he wasn't escorted to the taxi they called him after he voluntarily left the hospital? If there was any lack in care, its by his family over at least the last five years. Shame on them for seeing the dollar signs.

I was about to say the same thing now his family steps up haven't talked to him in five years my prayers for him but the fact that his family is making a big deal now probably for MONEY makes me sick .and the fact that I live in a area where there are more than 10 military base and yet the state government is more concerned about drug addicts and homeless and sueing the president than taking care of the vets another thing that makes me sick some of the homeless are vets but how do you know