tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post5406627204263545251..comments2024-03-28T20:51:58.818-04:00Comments on Ramblin' with AM: Local Saturday - Armed Forces Day and the Curtain of Shamebookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-36815330974220733772016-05-24T00:28:32.796-04:002016-05-24T00:28:32.796-04:00I don't know why there's such shame around...I don't know why there's such shame around it. War is hard. Coming back is sometimes a miracle. (My father served in Vietnam in the Air Force.)Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-64818181376117111882016-05-22T23:11:32.117-04:002016-05-22T23:11:32.117-04:00So sorry to hear about your dad, Alana...A country...So sorry to hear about your dad, Alana...A country is nothing if it can't honor and help the soldiers who put their lives on the line for it...I think in every country more needs to be done for the veterans ...Nabanitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958307546734785806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-17416550603377768842016-05-22T02:37:13.041-04:002016-05-22T02:37:13.041-04:00Sorry to hear about your Dad, Alana. A country owe...Sorry to hear about your Dad, Alana. A country owes its veterans a lot. In India, too the veterans have been fighting for better facilities. <br />I'd love to know more about your father's stay in India, although it seems that he had a bad time here.Corinne Rodrigueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11142098428026084994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-62090560253358985412016-05-21T22:19:03.684-04:002016-05-21T22:19:03.684-04:00Thank you for who served. It seem we all did our p...Thank you for who served. It seem we all did our part during WWII like rationing out what our service men and woman need for the war effort and now it seem to be who can make a buck or two.<br /><br />Coffee is onpeppylady (Dora)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01649272822470007714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-27843240312572373982016-05-21T19:41:46.369-04:002016-05-21T19:41:46.369-04:00My father also served in WW II. He was drafted in...My father also served in WW II. He was drafted in 1945, just after his 18th birthday. No one thought he'd be drafted, he had a heart murmur. Classified for "light duty", he did the same basic training as everyone else. He was a clerk typist stationed in Italy.<br /><br />That veil of secrecy encompassed everyone, not just veterans. I could see those values in my father's older sister. She was undergoing treatment for breast cancer in the early 1970's. Wouldn't talk about it. And didn't want me to read the issue of Good Housekeeping where It was being discussed.songbird's crazy worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473854543986991104noreply@blogger.com