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Submitted by: Norm Hahn, NMCB 62 Secretary

From: Eau Claire, WI.

Email: normhahnjr@yahoo.com

Added: 09/09/2022

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9-9-2022: IG Report: VA Mishandled LeJeune Water Contamination Cases
A recent report from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Inspector General (IG) concludes that the VA mishandled more than one-third of all Camp Lejeune water contamination disability claims, possibly cheating as many as 21,000 veterans out of financial compensation. The IG report found that errors in claim effective dates and retroactive payments alone affected nearly 4,000 veterans and totaled about $14 million, but that accounts for only a small portion of the mistakes. Most of the errors impacting more than 17,000 veterans' cases when VA staff prematurely denied claims without requesting additional evidence of injury. The IG review of more than 57,000 Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, cases handled by VA staff between March 2017 and March 2021, however, the VA inspector general found that many cases not related to the established presumptive conditions were summarily rejected, instead of requesting more information on their conditions. The presumptive conditions were created by FRA-supported legislation that was signed into law in 2012.
This is Secretary Norm: if you were EVER turned down for a Camp Lejeune claim, refile it with one of the law firms advertising on TV.

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Added: 08/28/2022

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Added: 08/28/2022

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Submitted by: Norm Hahn, NMCB 62 Secretary

From: Eau Claire, WI.

Email: normhahnjr@yahoo.com

Added: 08/16/2022

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8-16-2022: We have just added three videos to this website links #16 and #19. They are: 1. How to copy & paste your password to get easy access to this website. 2. How to create a bookmark to make it easier to surf our website and our Facebook page. 3. How you can create an NMCB 62 email folder in your computers email so you can save all of our NMCB 62 emails.

Submitted by: Norm Hahn, NMCB 62 Secretary / Treasurer

From: Eau Claire, WI.

Email: normhahnjr@yahoo.com

Added: 08/13/2022

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8-11-2022: For all those who were at Camp Lejeune - the attorneys who are flooding the TV channels about filing a lawsuit about the water problems don't say a word about how long you had to be there. They are saying that if you have one or more of the problems caused by the drinking water you may have a case. AND, there are a heck of a lot more than 1 law firm trying to sue them. In other words, why wouldn't you call the law firms if you have one or more of the problems and were for training on the 1st and 2nd deployments. For that matter, if you were there for training at all, call up the law firms and see if they can help you. It isn't going to cost you any $$ to call. If one law firm says they can't help you, keep calling until you find one who WILL help you. Don't EVER stop trying.

Submitted by: K.L. "Cotton" Wells

From: Clay Center, KS.

Email: cotton88z@hotmail.com

Added: 05/04/2022

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MCB 62 "D" Co. 1972 to 1976. Just got back from the 2022 Gulfport Reunion. Met a lot of new friends and of course, my old company shipmates. Vern Poff, Russ Kissinger, Jeff Smyser, Ken Tims, Bert Blades and my 1st Class from two deployment details, (NCS Guam and Yokosuka Japan), Ret. SCPO Phil "RED" Haley. Red was our mentor, protector, friend, leader, and 1st in line to chew our ass when we screwed up. Those stories and others for another time. Wanted to say hello to all from those years if you happen to see this post and recognize these names, contact me please. We maintain contact with about 40 of us from that time frame. I found one more when I was at the reunion. Spoke with him after 47 years and it was amazing. Still brothers after a lifetime. It doesn't get any better than that. Let me know,
Thanks,
Cotton Wells.

Submitted by: Norm Hahn - Alumni Group Secretary

From: Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Email: normhahnjr@yahoo.com

Added: 03/19/2022

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3-19-2022: For dues paying members of the Alumni Group. We now have a video of "how to log into the website" using your email address and the password that was issued to you. Email me and I'll send you a copy.

Submitted by: Chris La Londe UT

From: Edgerton , Ohio

Email: lalonde4@frontier.com

Added: 03/08/2022

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I was in 62 from 83 to 88. Guam, Vieques PR, Adak AK, Naples IT and Rota Spain, and then back to Guam. A lot of great memories

Submitted by: Linda Schweitzer Gatton

From: Milwaukee WI

Email: guinnessmom@hotmail.com

Added: 03/06/2022

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Happy 80th Anniversary to the Seabees!! My Uncle, Christy Schweitzer, enlisted in the Seabees in September 1942, just shy of his 40th Birthday. He was assigned to the 62nd Battalion. After helping to restore Pearl Harbor, his Battalion arrived at Iwo Jima. He is my hero; I only wish I could have met him. God bless the Seabees!!

Submitted by: Norm Hahn, NMCB 62 Secretary

From: Eau Claire, WI.

Email: normhahnjr@yahoo.com

Added: 02/09/2022

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I do have the 2022 Gulfport Reunion Registration and Event forms. If you need a copy send me an email and I'll send them to you.