AGENT ORANGE - A REQUIEM FOR THE MASSES

                           

                

  FROM VIETNAM IT EVENTUALLY LEAD TO MY

 FIGHT WITH AGENT ORANGE AND MY OWN HEALTH

 EFFECTS.  I HELPED TO PIONEER THE AGENT

 ORANGE ISSUE, BY JOINING THE 1986 CLASS 

 ACTION SUIT AGAINST THE DOW CHEMICAL 

 COMPANY, AND PASSING THE AGENT ORANGE

 SCREENING EXAM BY THE DOW CHEMICAL

 COMPANY THEN WITH THE HELP FROM

 WASHINGTON STATE SENATOR PATTY MURRAY OF

 MY HOME STATE OF WASHINGTON AT THE TIME

 REFERRED ME TO SEND MY PAPERWORK TO THE

 (LATE) U.S. SENATOR BROC ADAMS WHO MANAGED

 TO GET THE TRUTH OUT OF THE VA THAT WORKRD

 IN MY FAVOR THEN WHEN I HAD TO MOVE TO

 OREGON TO LIVE NOW AT THE OREGON VETERANS'

 HOME HERE IN THE DALLES, OREGON.  I THEN GOT

 HELP FROM U.S. SENATOR RON WYDEN OREGON

 STATE REPRESENATIVE, AND U.S.

 CONGRESSWOMAN DARLENE HOOLEY OREGON

 STATE REPRESENATIVE AND THEY HELPED ALOT

 AND I'AM STILL CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THEM

 TO GET THE "AGENT ORANGE "SILVER ROSE

 MEDAL" SET UP AS AN AUTHORIZED "CHEMICAL

 WOUND MEDAL" EQUIVILIANT TO THE PURPLE

 HEART AND EXPAND IT'S PERAMATERS TO BE USED

 AND MEDICALLY COVERED AS A "CHEMICAL

 WOUND MEDAL" I THINK THIS KIND OF MEDAL

 HAS BEEN LONG OVER DUE FOR A LONG TIME

 NOW!  WE HAD TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THE

 NECULAR AGE WE CAN NOW PREPARE OURSELVES

 FOR THE "CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGE!"

 THIS WAY THE "SILVER ROSE" THAT ORIGINALLY

 WAS SET UP  BY THE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS

 CAN BE USED TO COVER ALL VETERANS' FROM ALL

 WARS AND FROM ALL GENERATIONS.  STARTING

 WITH "AGENT ORANGE AND VIETNAM ON

 FORWARD IN TO THE FUTURE GENERATIONS AS A

 "CHEMICAL WOUND MEDAL"  WITH FULL MEDICAL

 COVERAGE JUST LIKE THE PURPLE HEART COVERS

 BLOOD WOUNDS!! 

     HERE ARE THE POLITICIANS THAT I'VE HAD TO

 DEAL WITH  AND I STILL HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO

    

My personal dealings Agent Orange, with the VA, the 1986 Class Action Law Suit against the DOW Chemical  Company and the new Agent Orange Silver Rose Medal.     With the very medical papers that the VA denied me my claim on Agent Orange during the Agent Orange screening exam for the Class Action Law Suit on the DOW Chemical Company back in 1986. I then many years later resubmitted the same set of papers to the "Silver Rose Medal board and the Federal Government then granted me the Silver Rose medal through the former U.S. Congresswoman Darlene Hooley of Oregon.
Now Iam a Silver Rose recipient and my goal to get the bran new Agent Orange Silver Rose Medal into our Nations first "Chemical & Biological Wound medal" with full medical coverage just like the Purple Heart medal is our "Blood medal" for small arms fire. Iam currently working on this project by writing Washington DC, but I can't do it alone I'll need the help of other Veterans to also contact their Senators and Congressmen and women if we are to get a full coverage medical medal than we must fight for it like we've had to do with everything else! So will you join the fight? For here are the results of my first bout with the VA on Agent Orange posted below.

                                 HELP LINK

       FOR ANY VETERAN SUFFERING FROM "AGENT

  ORANGE" "PLEASE CLICK ON THE BANNER BELOW"

 OR COPY THE "URL" BELOW!

 http://www.agent-orange-lawsuit.com/link.html

                          AGENT ORANGE 

               THE ORDER OF SILVER ROSE

MY AGENT ORANGE SILVER ROSE MEDAL

      TO THE GIRL WHO MADE IT ALL POSSIBLE TO

POINT THE WAY TO THE AGENT ORANGE "SILVER

ROSE MEDAL" MS KAREN ROTH.

        "THE SILVER ROSE" AGENT ORANGE

             MEDAL DISPLAY PLAQUE

       AT THE VANCOUVER FAIRGROUNDS

          SUNDAY NOVEMBER 5th, 2006

                      "THE SILVER ROSE" AGENT ORANGE

                   MEDAL DISPLAY PLAQUE

           AT THE VANCOUVER FAIRGROUNDS

               SUNDAY NOVEMBER 5th, 2006

                                        PICURE #2  (CLOSE UP)

       (ME) GREG PAYNE, WAITING FOR THE SILVER

       ROSE CEREMONY TO BEGIN AND MY NAME TO

       BE CALLED ...

      (ME) GREG PAYNE KISSING U.S.CONGRESSWOMAN

DARLENE HOOLEY OREGON STATE REPRESENATIVE,

AFTER SHE PUT THE SILVER ROSE MEDAL UP OVER

MY HEAD.  (I wonder if she got political brownie

points for this...like when they kiss babies?)

    U.S. CONGRESSMAN & WASHINGTON STATE REP.

    BRIAN BIARD PLACES THE "VETERANS OF

    OREGON HONORABLE SERVICE MEDAL" UP OVER

    MY HEAD AT THE VANCOUVER FAIRGROUNDS ON

    SUNDAY NOVEMBER 5th 2006.

       U.S. CONGRESSMAN BRIAN BAIRD

 WASHINGTON STATE REPRESENATIVE JUST 

 FINISHES UP PUTTING THE "VETERNS OF OREGON

 HONORABLE SERVICE MEDAL" UP OVER MY HEAD.

        U.S. CONGRESSMAN BRIAN BAIRD THEN

 PRESENTS ME WITH THE CITATION CERTIFICATE

 FOR THE "VETERANS OF OREGON HONORABLE

 SERVICE MEDAL" AT THE VANCOUVER

 FAIRGROUNDS SUNDAY NOVEMBER 5th 2006.

       TWO MEDALS IN ONE DAY BOTH FROM THE

 UNITED STATES SENATE AND THE UNITED STATES

 CONGRESS!  (WOW!) WHAT A HUMBLING

 EXPIERENCE!  MY FRIEND MARYANN EDWARDS

 AS MY CNA ESCORT FROM THE OREGON VETERANS'

 HOME STAND BEHIND MY CHAIR. 

       MY FAMILY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT MY MOM, HER

 BROTHER MY UNCLE KENNY, WIFE MARIE, MY  

 MOM'S YOUNGER SISTER MY AUNT DOROTHY AND

 MOM'S OLDER SISTER MY AUNT MARION, ALL AT

 THE AGENT ORANGE SILVER ROSE CEREMONY,

 VANCOUVER FAIRGROUNDS, SUNDAY NOVEMBER

 5th 2006.

          (ME) GREG PAYNE, HOLDING THE "SILVER

     ROSE" AMD THE "VETERANS OF OREGON

     HONORABLE SERVICE MEDAL" CITATION

     CERTIFICATES AT THE "AGENT ORANGE "SILVER

     ROSE" CEREMONY VANCOUVER FAIRGROUNDS

     SUNDAY NOVEMBER 5th 2006.

         (ME) GREG PAYNE, HOLDING THE "SILVER

 ROSE" AMD THE "VETERANS OF OREGON

 HONORABLE SERVICE MEDAL" CITATION

 CERTIFICATES AT THE "AGENT ORANGE "SILVER

 ROSE" CEREMONY VANCOUVER FAIRGROUNDS

 SUNDAY NOVEMBER 5th 2006.

            (My link is in "RED" click it on and go to the

     "Silver Rose" Recipients Website.) 

       Corporal Larry Yockelson U.S. Marine Corps #411-06

         Sergeant First Class James R. Breese U.S. Army #412-06

          Specialist E-4 Gregory Zelmar Payne U.S. Army #413-06

          Specialist E-5 James Dillion Jr. U.S. Army #414-0

          Specialist E-4 Nicola Martino U.S. Army #415-06

 CLOSE-UP OF (ME) GREG PAYNE, HOLDING THE

 "SILVER ROSE" AND THE "VETERANS OF OREGON

 HONORABLE SERVICE MEDAL" CITATION

 CERTIFICATES AT THE "AGENT ORANGE "SILVER

 ROSE" CEREMONY VANCOUVER FAIRGROUNDS

 SUNDAY NOVEMBER 5th 2006.  (PLEASE NOTE MY

 MEDAL'S AUTHINICATION NUMBER #413-06 ON

 THE LOWER LEFT CORNER OF MY CITATION

 CERTIFICATE.)  (Then Click on the "RED" Link below

for verification)

       Specialist E-4 Gregory Zelmar Payne U.S. Army #413-06

         MY AUNT DOROTHY TAKES A DRINK OF WATER

   FROM A BOTTLE WHILE I (GREG PAYNE) MY MOM,

   AND MARYANN EDWARDS MY CNA ESCORT  FROM

   THE OREGON VETERANS' HOME ALL LOOK ON AT

   THE MAN TALKING TO ME AT THE NATIVE

   AMERICAN INDIAN "SALMON BAKE" AT

   WOODBURN, OREGON.  THIS WAS THE LAST

   PHASE OF MY MEDALS CEREMONY TRIP, AND 

   NATURALLY IT WAS ALL WET, RAINY, AND COLD

   FROM VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON TO WOODBURN,

   OREGON  THE WHOLE DAY DURING THE MEDALS

   CEREMONY, BUT THE TRIP OUT FROM THE DALLES,

   OREGON WAS WELL WORTH IT!

    (PLEASE READ THE CONGRESSIONAL REPORT

    POSTED BELOW)

                (ME) GREG PAYNE AND KAREN ROTH OF THE

 VFW  COOTIES CELABRATING OUR VICTORY OVER

 THE VA BY HOLDING UP MY AGENT ORANGE

 "SILVER ROSE MEDAL AND CERTIFICATE IN A

 FRAME ALL READY TO HANG BACK UP ON THE WALL

 IN MY ROOM AT THE OREGON VETERANS' HOME IN

 THE DALLES, OREGON.  THE PLACQUES ON THE

 WALL IN THE BACKGROUND IS A COLLECTION OF

 ACHIEVEMENTS AND A LIFE TIME OF MY WORK FOR

 THE VETERANS AND FAMILY. KAREN HELP ME ALOT

 IN HER EFFORTS TO OBTAIN THESE TWO MEDALS. 

 SHE PUT HER'S AROUND MY NECK.

   PICTURE #2 (ME) GREG PAYNE AND KAREN ROTH

 OF THE VFW  COOTIES CELABRATING OUR VICTORY

 OVER THE VA BY HOLDING UP MY AGENT ORANGE

 "SILVER ROSE MEDAL AND CERTIFICATE IN A

  DISPLAY PLAQUE.

                  PICTURE #3 (ME) GREG PAYNE AND KAREN

 ROTH OF THE VFW  COOTIES CELABRATING OUR

 VICTORY OVER THE VA BY HOLDING UP MY AGENT

 ORANGE "SILVER ROSE MEDAL" AND

 CERTIFICATE.  

                   (ME) GREG PAYNE HOLDING UP

    MY AGENT ORANGE "SILVER ROSE MEDAL AND

    CERTIFICATE IN A FRAME.

 (ME) GREG PAYNE HOLDING UP MY "VETERANS OF

 OREGON HONORABLE SERVICE MEDAL" AND  

 CERTIFICATE IN A FRAME IN MY ROOM AT THE

 OREGON VETERANS' HOME THE DALLES, OREGON.

          (ME) GREG PAYNE HOLDING UP MY AGENT

      ORANGE  "SILVER ROSE MEDAL" AND THE

      "VETERANS OF OREGON HONORABLE SERVICE

      MEDAL" CERTIFICATE IN A FRAME. (P.S.) MY

      SWEAT SHIRT READS ("DOW" SHALL NOT KILL")

      IT'S A PLAY ON WORDS CONCERNING THE DOW

     CHEMICAL COMPANY AND THE ORANGE COLOR OF

     COURSE SYMBOLIZES "AGENT ORANGE" AND MY

     HAT SAYS "U.S. ARMY INFANTRY." 

 

         (ME) GREG PAYNE RECIEVING MY ENGRAVED &

     FINAL COPY OF MY " VETERANS OF OREGON

     HONORABLE SERVICE MEDAL" AT THE OREGON

     VETERANS' HOME THE DALLES, OREGON

       (ME) GREG PAYNE RECIEVING MY ENGRAVED &

 FINAL COPY OF MY " VETERANS OF OREGON

 HONORABLE SERVICE MEDAL" UP AND AROUND MY

 NECK AT THE OREGON VETERANS' HOME THE

 DALLES, OREGON 97058.