From Philly Area Combat Vets Have Lost a Great Ally and Mentor by Bill Perry:

We have lost Dr. Jon Bjornson, 85, of Philadelphia, a Vietnam War veteran and psychiatrist who devoted his life to counseling and healing war veterans and promoting peace. Dr. Bjornson served as a US Army flight surgeon and psychiatrist in Vietnam for a year before he was honorably discharged in 1965 with the rank of major. Jon Bjornson and Bill Perry. Doc Bjornson was one, of only two psychiatrists in all of Vietnam, in 1964-1965. By the mid-1960's, the US had hundreds of thousands of WW II and Korean War Veterans who were considered psychological "damaged goods", way beyond repair. They were tragic reminders of war profiteers' callousness, and they were either hidden away, if they had family, or turned out, into the streets. The VA treated them for anxiety and depression, and then turned them loose. There was no long term therapy or treatment... Read More

In This Issue:

1. The River Keeps Flowing by VVAW
2. My 1968: Vietnam, RFK, the "Police Riot," and Nixon's Election by Joe Miller
3. Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
4. Notes From the Boonies by Paul Wisovaty
5. Should Burns/Novick's "The Vietnam War" Have Won An Emmy? by Joe Miller
6. Last Visit To Boonton High School by Ken Dalton
7. Help Active Duty GIs with Medical and Mental Health by Stanley Campbell
8. America's Modern Military: Who Serves and Who Doesn't by W. D. Ehrhart
9. 1968 (poem) by Larry Kerschner
10. Defense and the National Debt by John Ketwig
11. Better Policy Starts with the Veteran's Voice by Brett W. Copeland
12. Philly Area Combat Vets Have Lost a Great Ally and Mentor by Bill Perry
13. Answering a Question (poem) by Larry Kerschner
14. Photos from the Archives, Part 1 (photos) by VVAW
15. How King's Words "Lived" In Chicago, 1968 by Dave Dellinger
16. VVAW in Chicago, 1968 by Andrew Hunt
17. Oleo Strut by Paul Donahue
18. Each and Every Day, A Soldier's Lament (poem) by David Sandgrund
19. Back in the Day by Dennis Randall
20. 1968 Tet Offensive by Steven Curtis
21. My Memories of Tet by Michael Peterson
22. In the Chaos of Tet by Harry Wagner
23. Moral Injury 24 X 7 (poem) by Mike Hastie
24. ...Like a Tennis Match by John DeRose
25. 5 Dead in Ol' Maryland (poem) by Dennis Serdel
26. A World Leader's Demise (poem) by Gregory Ross
27. Reconciliation by Martin Treat
28. To My Great Uncle George (poem) by Paul Cameron
29. Westchester County LST 1167: November 1, 1968 by Jim Wohlegemuth
30. Easy Month by Marc Levy
31. A Fulcrum Moment by Gregory Ross
32. An Unforgettable Encounter in the Central Highlands: A USO Girl Remembers by Suzanne Cogan
33. Been There Done That (poem) by Peter Mahoney
34. We Did What We Could (poem) by rg cantalupo
35. Wounds of War by John Ketwig (reviewer)
36. A Shadow On Our Hearts by Daniel C. Lavery (reviewer)
37. Scofflaw by John Ketwig (reviewer)
38. Dead Letter File by Art Dorland (reviewer)
39. Cat Hunter by Al Wellman
40. Kuam Yin Weeps (poem) by David Sandgrund
41. The Muscle Car Wars by John Ketwig (reviewer)
42. The Train by Brian Prahl
43. Peace Warriors by Joe Petzel
44. Monday, 0300, Da Nang, Republic South Vietnam by Alan Goodin
45. I Knew Him Once (poem) by David Sandgrund
46. The Medevac (poem) by rg cantalupo
47. Dreaming and Waking In A Yokohama Hospital, 1969 by rg cantalupo
48. red, white and blue (poem) by Larry Kerschner
49. Oxy, The Wise Bomb (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
50. Photos from the Archives, Part 2 (photos) by VVAW
51. Maggot Days: Thank You For Your Service. . . by Gerald R. Gioglio
52. Don't Privatize the VA by Frank Toner
53. Obedient Forgiveness (poem) by Mike Hastie
54. Forever War by Allen Meece
55. One Vet's View by Pat Finnegan
56. Dodging the Bullets by Leon Wengrzyn
57. It Is Time for The Government and Military to Be Held Accountable by Harry Wagner
58. A Pencil Point by Gregory Ross
59. 2PKEIKU: Disparate Thoughts on a War by John Crandell
60. Nicaragua in Crisis by Louis De Benedette
61. RECOLLECTIONS: i have arrived - i am home by Michael Orange
62. Overheard in Afghanistan (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger