The disabled veteran's story
Subtitle: the sacrifices of our veterans and their families
By: Miguel Reece
Publisher: Cortland Road
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Minneapolis MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781499205732
Subjects: Disabled veterans' families; Disabled veterans; Biography
Notes: "The compilation of stories you are about to read were told to me, a Vietnam veteran with service-connected disabilities who had no intention of becoming an author. I have a compelling need and the belief that it is my moral obligation to share these chapters in the history of our veterans' lives, as they requested"--P. 1.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A Bataan Death March survivor; title: We don't need and won't allow the VA in our business; title: The bureaucratic journey of a veteran; title: Why couldn't I have died instead of living like this?; title: The difficult pilgrimage of the traumatic brain injury spouse; title: The Kent State University shooting haunts him; title: An airman's story of the Pearl Harbor attack that changed his world; title: The draft will never socially or politically define me; title: A witness of society's transformation; title: Greetings; title: My companion died, so why are you here now?; title: The POW widow has a son and granddaughter deployed; title: The dream of a female pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps; title: He volunteered for the draft as a way out; title: Kodiak Coast Guard COMMSTA, the land of the midnight sun; title: The mom's struggles with a traumatic brain injured son; title: Postlude.