The Broken Soldier

I got a couple emails from Bruce Simpson this morning.  Forwards of discussions between Regina Bell and Bruce, and COL Donald Ballard (Medal of Honor recipient) and Bruce.  Bruce wrote Ms. Bell, Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s staff member, with his intentions to formally move forward with writ of mandamus in Federal Court.  He wrote COL Ballard, a personal friend of Bruce, to introduce him to me and my story.  Ms. Bell has, to my knowledge, not responded to Bruce.  Below is COL Ballard’s response.

“Bruce, thank you for your service to our great country and thank you for what you do to help the veterans that made this country what it is today.

Thank God we have people that want to serve and are still willing to serve in spite of all the repeated problems our government wants to hand down.

How disrespectful can these clueless people be?  They have no idea what pain and suffering a veteran goes through for years after service in the military.  All these people want freedom but are not willing to pay the price, even when it is the right thing to do.  They want to give the money and support to people that do nothing good for the country [and] only wants to be a drain on the society.

I personally believe no politician should ever serve in office without first showing the respect of the veterans that made it possible for the job in the first place.

Send to me the information on this troubled warrior and I will ask Pat Kerr who is a friend of mine here in Missouri. She is very knowledgeable about veterans rights and I will ask her opinion on the subject.  She may have advice that can help.

Best wishes God Bless
Doc Don Ballard.”