It’s a bond that is impossible to break, and I think it becomes stronger over time. That experience of having been young and in uniform is transformative. Go talk to them now that they’re 70 or 75 years old: There is nothing that they are prouder of than having served. The same thing is true of people of my generation - about 40-45 percent of the people who served in Vietnam were drafted, many of them dragged kicking and screaming into uniform. And yet when he was my age, all he talked about was how proud he was to have served the country. My father was drafted into the Army in the Second World War, and was not very pleased about being pulled out of the University of Minnesota just before he finished to go fight in the South Pacific.
And so our views about what service and sacrifice are have been skewed by a lack of knowledge. It looks like a fiction because you haven’t had that experience.
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In an environment in which very few people serve it becomes something of a movie to most people. Now it’s exactly the opposite most Americans do not know anyone in uniform. I had friends who had no fathers, because those fathers had made a sacrifice to save the world. I had friends who had fathers with parts missing. It was unusual to find someone who had not served, actually. Every household had made some contribution to the defense of the Republic. Grew up in New York City during the 1950s, in the projects of Queens. Vietnam War Purple Heart and Medal of Honor recipient Jack Jacobs reflects about the shared experience of soldiers across time. Saved Land Browse Interactive Map View active campaigns.Help Tell African American Stories of Valor.Save 150 Endangered Acres at Gaines’ Mill and Cold Harbor.Help Enrich Battle Understanding Through Archaeology.
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