Declared dead by VA, Curles struggling to prove otherwise
Kevin Hall
MOULTRIE — Tommy Curles wants the world to know he’s alive.
Especially the Department of Veterans Affairs, because he says they haven’t gotten the message yet.
Curles, an Air Force veteran, told The Observer last week that he receives a pension from the VA because of a 20 percent hearing loss he suffered during the Vietnam War. He was a crew chief on B-52 bombers and KC-135 air tankers, serving in Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Guam, and the loud jet engines damaged his hearing.
He said the checks were mailed to him at home. He had tried to get Direct Deposit, he said, but gave up because the government made it too complicated.
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