OXFORD, Mass.----The Barton Center for Diabetes Education, Inc. and Joslin Diabetes Center announce today that The Barton Center has purchased Camp Joslin, a camp for boys and young men with type 1 diabetes.

By his own reckoning, a Navy electrician spent just eight hours in Vietnam, during a layover on his flight back to the U.S. in 1966. He bought some cigarettes and snapped a few photos.

I saw this posted Tuesday.

"A group of parents of diabetic children and other supporters have formed a Walk to Cure Diabetes in Shelbyville fundraising event."

About 270,000 Vietnam veterans -- more than one-quarter of the 1 million receiving disability checks -- are getting compensation for diabetes, according to Department of Veterans Affairs records obtained by The Associated Press through the Freedom of Information Act.

By his own reckoning, a Navy electrician spent just eight hours in Vietnam, during a layover on his flight back to the U.S. in 1966. He bought some cigarettes and snapped a few photos.

From WWW.YOUTUBE.COM, thanks Jay

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Vietnam veterans may soon get disability compensation for heart disease because of concerns about the defoliant Agent Orange.