Varicose veins and spider veins. Varicose (VAR-i-kos) veins are enlarged veins that can be blue, red, or flesh-colored. They often look like cords and appear twisted and bulging. Spider veins are like varicose veins, but smaller. Varicose veins and spider veins usually appear in the legs and can cause pain, swelling, or an itchy rash. Varicose veins and spider veins are treatable.
This is from War History OnLine. R. I. P. Command Sergeant Major Basil L. Plumley, Hand Salute. Basil L. Plumley was a career soldier and airborne combat infantryman in the United States Army who eventually achieved the rank of Command Sergeant Major, starting off as a private. He is most famous for his actions as Sergeant Major of the US Armyâs 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, at the Battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam, 1965.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C., Aug. 13â Elmo R. Zumwalt 3d, son of the admiral who ordered the spraying of Agent Orange in Vietnam, and who was exposed to the defoliant himself, died of cancer today at his home. He was 42 years old.The younger Mr. Zumwalt, a lawyer, said he never blamed his father for his disease.dm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr. commanded naval forces in Vietnam from 1968-70, then served as Chief of Naval Operations until 1974, when he retired from active duty. His son served in Vietnam from June 1969 to August 1970 as a lieutenant junior grade commanding a patrol boat.