Lloyd Thomas Wren, was just 17-Years-Old, when he wanted to enter the military by the year of 1960, so his mother, signed for him to become Enlisted in the Army.

Seventeen Weeks, After being enlisted into the Army, Tom had arrived in Europe, to begin that tour of Foreign Duty. Tom spent 33 months in Foreign "Active Duty"...

At the Time of Enlistment, Tom passed Every Physical..for Elistment...& was tested for I.Q. Level, which was Established as a Very High...I.Q. almost 200..  His health was excellent.

By 1962, Tom was having eye problems.. Tom had worked with all types of Military Equipment & Guns...& been a Driver...a Military Scout...Mechanic...Trained to Handle & Clean, All Types of Equipment, including Air Craft / Radios..even served as a Medic, for Awhile.

There wasn't much that Tom didn't know how to do, while he was in the military, in reference to the Active Duty...

In 1963, Tom was Given a DD-214, for those years of foreign duty...but was put on "Inactive Duty" till 1966, when his Full-Term of Military Service was over.

Tom was  NEVER GIVEN A DISCHARGE, just given a DD-214, in 1963.

After being given a DD-214...in 1963, Tom had 3-more years of Duty to do..but as a Civilian, but Was Not Reserve on a Military Base, & Not Part of a Team, for Army Reserve.  He'd been told that "he could be, called, back into the military, at any time, (from 1963 thru 1966

In 1966, when the Enlistment was Fulfilled, Tom Received a "Draft Notice" & since his "tour of Duty was Over", Tom went before a local judge, so he could  be Exempt from the Draft...

"The Judge Told Him, *Not to Worry...about it...he would take care of it"...BUT HE DIDN'T !!

So, when Tom, went to work, at a job, in the next county from there, the FBI showed up again, & took him to jail, once again. When he went before that Judge...Tom was once again... Released, after being told, "you can expect to hear from us, that you won't have to be sent to the military"...

Well, Tom, to this day has heard Nothing From Anyone...Not Even the Military / Draft Board / Recruiter.

Tom, never was signed up for any VA Benefits, til sometime between 1990, & when he went to the VA Hospital, in OKC, he suffered a heart attack, was admitted to the VA Medical Center there, & the doctors removed 7-blockages, from the heart...

One of Tom's Eyes, was fully Blind, by the year 2004/2005, & the other eye had deteriorated to more than half-blind...& Tom's diagnose is "Legally Blind"...yet he still was able to be provided a drivers license.

About 2004/2005, when Tom would take the med from the VA Medical Center Doctors, his heart would quit beating & at one point his blood got to thin, & he bled from the nasal passage, & he had to be rushed to the nearest Regional (non-VA) Hospital...& Tom required a Pacemaker, to be installed. (This has to be Recalibrated every month..., but the VA Medical Center....didn't "Reset the Pacemaker..for about 18-Months"...then the VA contracted with a Medical Center in California, so equipment could be available in Muskogee, Oklahoma, which could be used to adjust the pacemaker...

The VA "did Not Have the Proper Equipment for Adjusting a Pacemaker, at the time of the surgery to install the Pacemaker"...THEY WERE "NOT PREPARED" TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE, TO ANY VETERAN WHO MIGHT HAVE NEEDED THAT TYPE OF MEDICAL CARE."

The Pacemaker was installed at St. Edwards Medical Center Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

There was problems, with the VA...Refusing to Pay, for Medical Care, for Tom, throughout the whole ordeal of his life...even when serious medical care was needed.

Tom receives medical bills, where the VA has Refused to Pay the Medical Bills. He receives Due Bills, from the VA, which was for Medical Fees too.

Tom has been on Social Security Disability, based on Back / Spine Ill Health Problems in / about 1985 / 1987. Some discs & vertervaes were removed. Inserted artificial spine, parts.

People are amazed at the Talents & Skills, which Tom still has or has had over the years, with all the ill-health he's had...during & after serving in the military.

NO ONE TOOK AN INTEREST IN HELPING TOM, APPLY FOR VA BENEFITS OR EXAMINE HIS RECORDS FOR HIS ILL-HEALTH BEING "SERVICE CONNECTED".

Tom believes that he also, had PTSD, when he was released from Military Service, & certainly developed More PTSD, by having been arrested TWICE, by the FBI. They kept wanting to "Draft Him, Back into the Military"..when he had already, "served his years"...& had a family, by that time...& a good job, which was "lost, because of the arrest & aggrevation of the Draft Board & FBI".

NOTE: This is just One Story, of Millions...which can be Told & ReTold, by Our U.S. Military Soldier / Veterans, at the MisTreatment, many of them have had, when they seek Assistance from the VA...

Tom has Not Been Awarded Compensation..for Service-Connected or Non-Service Connected Monetary Benefits..as of this date...July 2008.

Tom has been on Medicare Insurance & Social Security Disability Payments since 1985/87. Still the VA has Refused to pay any / all Medical Bills on Tom.

Tom, has given approval to DAV to assist him, in obtaining VA Benefits.

It seems that DHS, got in on the picture, simply because Tom is Blind, & they can get Money, but Tom is Not Generally Eligible for the Advantage Program, thru DHS...

DHS didn't try to help Tom, Obtain VA Benefits either.

Tom is / has been on Homehealth Care just in the past few months... The Homehealth Nurses, of any / most Homehealth Agencies in this area, ARE "NOT TRAINED" TO RESPOND TO PERSONS WITH A PACEMAKER...

Special Service Agency for MedicaL Care is Needed in Oklahoma..just for individuals who have Pacemakers, Blindness & / or Complete Loss of Hearing.

Tom is an individual with a Pleasant Attitude & has a lot of Compassion for Other People, & for about 40 Years, even with the ill-health he had.

The number of foster children who have been with him, over the years, is a total of about 50 Minor Children.

According to Tom, the First Foster Child, he had in his home, She is Now, Raising "her own Grandchildren".

Tom himself is the father of Two Daughter & One Son. One Daughter is a cook at a hospital & One Daughter is a CEO of Whitecap...an Equipment Business, connected to a Lumher Company. One Son, owns his own Tractor Company in California.

This is an amazing story, how One Outstanding Veteran, has Withstood, thru many ordeals, which should have caused much stress with him, more than it has...& he's survived.

The VA has requested that Tom "obtain & train with a Seeing-Eye Dog" within the next several months.

No one would be able to tell that Tom is Legally Blind, by looking at him...or that he can't see very well...because he mows a lawn..slowly but surely...& repairs motors on tractors & vehicles. And Tom, has done Repairs on Refrigeration Equipment too..& still knows how...& can, but No Longer does Repair to Electrical Equipment.

Tom's case will be referred to more than One U.S. Congress Person...by Hazel Davis, who has spent about two days, helping Tom, with Paperwork, so he can apply for VA Compensation...& hope that it can be...a Claim that Will be Classified as being "Service-Connected"...since it was documented on Military Records, that the Eye Problems, began to Exist during his "Active Duty Years".

THIS IS ANOTHER CASE OF "NEGLECT ON THE PART OF THE VA"...LACK OF SERVICES TO A U.S. MILITARY VETERAN !!  

This writing has been submitted by Hazel Davis, Advocate to / for U.S. Soldiers / Veterans & their Families & also to / for any U.S. Citizen, who might have an Unresolved Issue....           (Hazel Davis, bojacks1@yahoo.)

Over all the years, since having served in the Military, Tom has been an Outstanding Vehicle Mechanic, & was asked how he can repair vehicles...when he is that blind...& he replies.."I can do it by the feel of it & the memory of how to repair all phases of a vehicle, including lawn mowers / tractors / cars / trucks...& just this past week, he repaired a water pump...did the "press" on it, without breaking any parts of it...& others had been afraid to do it...for fear of breaking it.