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"Long Live The Tiger"

By VVAW

The Tiger is dead, but his struggle & memory demands;
"LONG LIVE THE TIGER"
A.O.V.I. Loss;
A loss for all!

Among those who will be honored this Memorial Day is Charles Hartz II, a vice president of Agent Orange Victims International, a much decorated Vietnam veteran who spent the last five years of his life fighting his last and most horrible battle of the Vietnam war--Agent Orange.

Charley was a member of the "Tiger Force" of the 101st Airborne, small patrols dropped into enemy areas to report on movement and call in counter fire. But for the last years of life he answered hundreds of urgent phone calls from fellow veterans and their families who were suffering, dying, bearing children with birth defects. Disregarding the pain from an inoperable tumor in his brain, Charley tried to talk to vets out of suicide, referring them to doctors, attorneys, the VA and vets groups. The courage, determination and sacrifice of Charley Hartz is a symbol of the Agent Orange issue.

Charley's four children, three of which were born with various birth disorders, his wife Judy and his family and friends are proud of Charley--as proud as they can be. They know the years of suffering he endured, the hundreds of Agent Orange calls he received, his heroism in combat and his tremendous strength and determination and his final battle with cancer. The struggle which was his goes on. "The Tiger is dead: Long live the Tiger!"

(AOVI)