Posted on Apr 23, 2016
A Veteran’s Story: Helping win the war at home
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Members of the Greatest Generation were tough individuals, honed by the hardship of a Great Depression and daily struggles to put food on the table. They did not require “Safe Zones” in schools nor were they required to attend “Sensitivity Classes” due to perceived social offenses. America’s youth were not traumatized nor did they need counseling if they spotted an opinionated political statement chalked on a sidewalk. Their trauma took place on little-known beaches like Tarawa or Normandy or Iwo Jima, or behind the controls of a B-17 over Berlin, or below the sea in a submarine. “Counseling” after the war was rare or unavailable.
After Dec. 7, 1941, America united for a common cause, to avenge Pearl Harbor and defeat Nazi Germany. Around 17 million men and women served in uniform while untold millions of other Americans manned the assembly lines to punch the rivets. Everybody contributed in some way. Irene Burquest did her part, and this is her story.
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Members of the Greatest Generation were tough individuals, honed by the hardship of a Great Depression and daily struggles to put food on the table. They did not require “Safe Zones” in schools nor were they required to attend “Sensitivity Classes” due to perceived social offenses. America’s youth were not traumatized nor did they need counseling if they spotted an opinionated political statement chalked on a sidewalk. Their trauma took place on little-known beaches like Tarawa or Normandy or Iwo Jima, or behind the controls of a B-17 over Berlin, or below the sea in a submarine. “Counseling” after the war was rare or unavailable.
After Dec. 7, 1941, America united for a common cause, to avenge Pearl Harbor and defeat Nazi Germany. Around 17 million men and women served in uniform while untold millions of other Americans manned the assembly lines to punch the rivets. Everybody contributed in some way. Irene Burquest did her part, and this is her story.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs Third Grade, Cleveland, OH 1943. A blonde kid in my class used yellow pencils as knitting needles to knit afghan squares for coverlets for the troops. A class period must have been devoted to knitting those ?4 inch squares. We would be let out of school to scrounge for tin cans and any other metal to be used in the "war effort".
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I love these stories and I love telling them. My love began when I was chief of Awards and Decorations for the 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam. I read every recommendation to a panel of senior offers who voted on the appropriate award for each. I had a team of writers to help write the citations. But the recommendations for the Medal of Honor were my domain and I wrote those myself. Now I write stories that veterans tell me. One of my favorites is about an Atomic Veteran.
http://jackdurish.com/short-stories/the-atomic-veteran
You're correct COL Mikel J. Burroughs . These men and women of earlier times were made of sterner stuff. Hopefully we have more hiding in the weeds to protect the delicate little flowers that now populate American campuses.
http://jackdurish.com/short-stories/the-atomic-veteran
You're correct COL Mikel J. Burroughs . These men and women of earlier times were made of sterner stuff. Hopefully we have more hiding in the weeds to protect the delicate little flowers that now populate American campuses.
Dick Latham is a United States Marine whose story is missing a chapter. Members of every branch of the United States military wear their story upon their chest. Each chapter is written in a language...
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs, great story, sir! I totally agree with Mrs. Burquest's opinion - Vietnam Veterans did not get the treatment they deserved. Not by far. At least America is now taking the steps to fix that despicable portion of our history.
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