Monthly Archives: July 2023

Old Agent Orange, You best leave my family out of this fight!

Posted on July 16, 2023 by jamescripps

Upon graduating college in 2003, my daughter, Mandy, had no idea what she wanted to do. She attended a pacemaker check up appointment with me one morning at St. Thomas hospital in Nashville Tn. during my exam Mandy engaged in … Continue reading →

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MY CONTACT INFORMATION (the author)

Posted on July 15, 2023 by jamescripps

jamescripps9@aol.com Snail Mail james M. Cripps 3070 Petway Rd. Ashland City TN.37015

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Soldiers home for Christmas…Or not?!

Posted on July 14, 2023 by jamescripps

Twas the fright before Christmas and I must confess, every soldier was praying, oh what a mess! In late 2009, more than one hundred 278th Tennessee National Guard soldiers departed Ashland City on several buses from the highway twelve 278th … Continue reading →

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Walk a few hundred miles in my boots

Posted on July 13, 2023 by jamescripps

I built this display and presented the well worn boots to my VA Podiatrist. Combat boots were really rugged, and an absolute necessity as tools of our trade in the US Army . We were all issued two pair. It … Continue reading →

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What Agent Orange related service connected Fournier’s Gangrene did to me, more than fifty years after my last exposure.

Posted on July 11, 2023 by jamescripps

Me, sitting at the Rhyne Main Airport in Frankfurt Germany in 1970, awaiting my plane that would take me back to the world. In July 2020, I reported to the VA emergency room. Iwas only given a 4% chance to … Continue reading →

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