My father, Sgt. Richard Andrew Conn, died of “lung failure” at Robert J. Dole VA in Wichita. He was a Vietnam veteran, exposed to Agent Orange, asbestos, and likely more — during a time when protective policies were nonexistent. He never got a cancer diagnosis. He never got hospice in time. He was failed.

But he’s not the only one. I’m watching dozens of local veterans — many from the Midwest, many who trained at bases like Fort Leonard Wood and Fort Sill — quietly disappear. Same war. Same bases. Same era. Same diseases. Same ending. Late-stage lung disease. COPD. Pneumonia. “Lung failure.”

This isn’t a coincidence. It’s a pattern. And we need national eyes on it — now.

Robert J. Dole himself died of lung cancer. He was a World War II veteran. My dad died in the VA hospital named after him.

How many others are dying from undiagnosed or misclassified service-related conditions because of failed screening, poor tracking, or lack of accountability?

This is why I created The Conn Act — a legislative plan demanding a national charting system, better exposure screening, and justice for veterans failed by the very system meant to protect them.

🇺🇸 We owe it to them to uncover the truth while there’s still time.

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