(CNN)An Air Force veteran who served in Vietnam and was living his final days at a US Department of Veterans Affairs assisted-living facility was twice found covered in ants and photos show scores of bites on his body, his daughter said Thursday.
Laquana Ross said her father, Joel Marrable, died Saturday at the Eagles' Nest Community Living Center in the Atlanta VA Medical Center.
Ross said she is not upset with the VA over the ants, but wants her father's story to prompt change.
"Maybe this can move the needle and improve the process," she said. "The VA is busy. They have a lot of patients and huge needs they have to address."
#1: BTP Holdings To: Horse (#0)
I knew a shoe repairman over in Lebanon. He was a Green Beret in Vietnam and was exposed to Agent Orange.
He had lesions on his legs. One time I drove him up to Colombia to the VA hospital. I heard he took a trip to Hawaii and they brought in a doctor from South America to treat him. For a while those lesions had cleared up.
But I heard he passed away a few years back from the Bondsman up there. The family closed the shoe repair shop and sold all the equipment. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2019-09-15 17:49:58 Reply Private Reply
#2: Cynicom To: Horse (#0)
Cynicom posted on 2019-09-15 18:03:49 Reply Private Reply
#3: BTP Holdings To: Cynicom (#2)
We know about MASH and have seen the original movie and TV series. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2019-09-15 18:22:39 Reply Private Reply