by Ken Quintanilla
Guam - Island veterans had the opportunity to meet with Guam
Delegate Madeleine Bordallo on Sunday to voice their concerns with problems
they've been running into with the services that are afforded to them for
example burials for veterans with full military honors. One veteran said, "With
the full military honors I went to a 30-year veteran funeral yesterday and
there was no 21-gun salute because they didn't show up."
Veteran John Unpingco said, "We have a problem with the Navy
- it's a long-simmering problem. The Navy has said that it has received the
funding to do full military honors but yesterday came to a head because the
Navy, what happens when the Navy can't do it the Army and or the Air Force do
it in yesterday's instance the Army and the Air Force said we won't do it
anymore because it is beginning to be a habit with the Navy, the Navy's just
hoisting its obligation unto us. And we have tried to persuade the Navy to
remedy the situation there always saying they haven't got the training or
equipment or they've received funding but haven't scheduled."
The congresswoman said she would be writing to navy admiral
to get to the bottom of what's going on.
