I lived in homeless shelters with homeless Veterans, the shelters were expensive mansions in nice neighborhoods, and each Vet had a whole team helping them. I knew many Vets back then who were managing homeless shelters, and they were feeding the homeless, and they were doing lots of good stuff.
One Vet was my buddy Tom, he first served in the Navy, he worked at a Naval hospital in Pennsylvania, and then he joined the Marines and became a Combat Medic, and he served in Operation Desert Storm. Later on in life Tom became disabled, he started hallucinating and hearing voices, and he needed help. We were roommates in a mansion with about twenty other guys. So, he got help, they put him on medication, and then he was a good, normal, healthy guy, and he went to work helping other people. Tom and my Uncle Dennis volunteered at Angel Stadium and at the Rose Bowl, etc, selling beer and hot dogs to raise money for charity to feed the hungry people. Tom also managed homeless shelters. And he got restaurants to donate their food to feed the hungry instead of throwing the food away. Tom was feeding over 100 people at the end. Tom died a few years ago, he was a great guy, and I miss him. He was a Vet who helped many people
I had another homeless Vet friend, Chris, he served in the Air Force. He managed homeless shelters, and he drove around in a van with a psychiatrist and they picked up the homeless mentally ill people and they took them to shelters. He was a great guy who helped a lot of people. He died back in around 2005 from Cancer. Heaven gained an angel, he was a really cool guy, and he helped a lot of people.
I met a lot of good Vets, and there are good Vets out there on the streets who will become angels if they are given help. Help them, and they will help others.
Salute,
Tony V.
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