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Jack Dragoni

Veterans News and Views

Jack Dragoni attended Boston College and served in the U.S. Army in Berlin and Vietnam. He resides in Chaffee, Missouri.

An American hero

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Senator John McCain was taken from us this past week end by glioblastoma. His death was not a surprise since he was diagnosed with glioblastoma a virulent and incurable brain cancer. Most patients survive for up to 14 months. While the patient can receive treatments to help them survive, the survivors suffer strain of watching their loved one deteriorate towards the inevitable end. What made Sen. McCain's case of glioblastoma different was the question of whether his five-and-a-half years in a prisoner of war camp in North Vietnam contributed to his getting the disease

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