tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316775379184667800.post2539546699036945183..comments2024-01-29T08:28:12.092-08:00Comments on Hey You Hoser: The Talk We Need - A Veterans Day ThoughtGerry Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516124652849272879noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316775379184667800.post-64468919009283616292011-11-11T16:00:44.510-08:002011-11-11T16:00:44.510-08:00Gerry--That's definitely true. I imagine many ...Gerry--That's definitely true. I imagine many of the memories are so painful, the vets don't want to share them. It would be like picking at a huge scab, never allowing it to completely heal.<br /><br />In the Silver Boomers' book, The Harsh and the Heart," I wrote about my dad's military experience. Unfortunately, he died without ever sharing that part of his life. My mom had to tell his story instead...Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316775379184667800.post-21957259394976475082011-11-11T14:54:42.260-08:002011-11-11T14:54:42.260-08:00Great tribute. I enjoyed this.Great tribute. I enjoyed this.Linda O'Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15982895073903619018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316775379184667800.post-55163800639121507882011-11-11T08:29:03.442-08:002011-11-11T08:29:03.442-08:00Nice piece on this Veteran's Day. I hope you a...Nice piece on this Veteran's Day. I hope you are capturing many of these stories for the families.CWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14299942505542756319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316775379184667800.post-74780614578751177862011-11-11T08:08:51.178-08:002011-11-11T08:08:51.178-08:00Perhaps the suvrvivors feel guilty that they lived...Perhaps the suvrvivors feel guilty that they lived, when so many other good men died. So often they say, "The real heroes are still over there," meaning they died there. Certainly they don't want to be showered with glory for having lived through something so ugly. I respect that. Like my Irish ancestors who lived through the Famine and would never talk about it. It's best left behind.Jim Coynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01147131636388906761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316775379184667800.post-83745384297531785032011-11-11T06:43:10.685-08:002011-11-11T06:43:10.685-08:00Strangely, my ex-father-in-law never talked about ...Strangely, my ex-father-in-law never talked about his Iwo experience either, although he loves talking with me about the Marine Corps (we were both Sgts, different eras). However, he saw "Flags of our Fathers" with my son and spotted the burning U.S. plane coming in for a landing on the island and remarked, "I was there. That plane wasn't smoking when it came in." Since then he's talked more and more about landing on the Island. He was in the first wave and miraculously survived half the occupation. I think it's taken all these year. I've been told he never, ever wanted to talk about it. Perhaps now he has to.Dennis Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14081092942689229885noreply@blogger.com