More than 40 years after serving his country in the Vietnam War, John Rowan and many of his fellow veterans are facing a new terrifying reality at home: surviving the coronavirus pandemic
Like thousands of Vietnam-era veterans, Rowan is entering his mid-70's and suffers from preexisting conditions, meaning he faces a significantly higher risk of death if he contracts the coronavirus. "It felt like I had a target on my back," Rowan, the president of Vietnam Veterans of America, told CNN."Older male with preexisting conditions. That's me and every Vietnam veteran I know practically.
Sometimes families have been kept in the dark as they wait to hear about whether their family member is still alive, as was the case in Holyoke, Massachusetts where more than 70 residents have died from Covid-19. "I took a grease crayon and wrote on my car: is my father alive? shame on you, soldiers home," Susan Kenney, whose 78-year-old father, Air Force veteran Charlie Lowell, died after being diagnosed with pneumonia at the Holyoke Soldier's home, told CNN affiliate WCVB.
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