Tag: PTSD

• Give Me Tomorrow

  When asked by a Life magazine photojournalist what he most wished for, an American soldier in the Korean War responded with: “Give me tomorrow”. In a war that America wasn’t ready for, this was the heart of those who fought for the freedom of South Korea. They were up against unbelievable odds, but their commitment…

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  May 28, 2018

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  Desert Storm, first responders, God, grateful, Korean War, Memorial Day, Middle East wars, PTSD, televised war, thankful, Viet Nam War, war, World War II

• When Memories Mix With Free Enterprise

    When I was a child, I thought I knew the significance of Memorial Day. Honoring dead people. Because Mom was a first-generation American, with parents from Germany, she faithfully carried on the tradition of visiting the grave sites of family who’d passed on. Not just those who died in war. Cemeteries creeped me out. Little…

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  May 30, 2016

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  Afghanistan, cemeteries, free enterprise, gift, God, grave sites, IEDs, Iraq, Memorial Day, PTSD, remembering, Viet Nam, war, WWII