Email I sent tonight, to be saved and used as a template anytime these “so-called” journalists suggest GWS is not real.
Subject: reference: Survivors of the Storm helps vets
From: “Michael W. May”
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:37:15 -0500
To: Copy editor, Editor, Senior Staff Writer of the Marshall County Tribune of Lewisburg, Tennessee
Reference:
Survivors of the Storm helps vets
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
From staff reports
http://www.marshalltribune.com/story/1489928.html
Dear Sirs,
“the so-called Gulf War Syndrome” was the phrase which caused me to write. Using “so-called” suggests that Gulf War Syndrome is not an official term when, as of Nov 2008, it is. The VA, and Congressionally mandated, official report is entitled “Gulf War Illness and the Health of Gulf War Veterans”.
See: Dept of Veteran’s Affairs’ link | report pdf
GWS is referred to as Gulf War Illness and Gulf War Syndrome repeatedly therein. To continue to “so-call” it is a disservice to the 175,000 veterans who have suffered it first hand.
Thank you for your time,
Michael W. May
Retired Army (Medical, Gulf War Syndrome)
