I picked up something that indicated submarine crews might have been exposed to AO during the war, and in with John Rossie .
John Rossie replied:
"the VA has stated that BWN ships do not have to be surface ships. This was way back when we were setting up the Inland Water Ships List, the the statement was not meant to limit this to Inland Water travel. These were the guys from VBA at headquarters. I believe J. Wells verified that also, because we have had a lot of sub-sailors checking in with us. There were 6 or 8 in our original membership."
Also John sent me this more recent letter from VBA as to th processing of NWN BWV claims:
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I picked up something that indicated submarine crews might have been exposed to AO during the war, and in with John Rossie .
John Rossie replied:
"the VA has stated that BWN ships do not have to be surface ships. This was way back when we were setting up the Inland Water Ships List, the the statement was not meant to limit this to Inland Water travel. These were the guys from VBA at headquarters. I believe J. Wells verified that also, because we have had a lot of sub-sailors checking in with us. There were 6 or 8 in our original membership."
Also John sent me this more recent letter from VBA as to th processing of NWN BWV claims:
VBA Ltr 20-19-10 Processing of Claims Stayed Under BWN Act (USB Policy Memo) (1).pdf
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