tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post877206791164793724..comments2023-10-16T02:54:08.466-05:00Comments on AsTheCrackerheadCrumbles: Come Monday...Nothing New with the VAAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-60841990845408415432014-05-27T12:48:14.400-05:002014-05-27T12:48:14.400-05:00Thanks for stopping by, my dear L.D.!!! I suppose...Thanks for stopping by, my dear L.D.!!! I suppose it could be argued that my dad was wounded just before the Battle of the Bulge actually started. For his squad was ordered to go out on a night patrol, and the lead scout set off a tank mine that had been also rigged as an anti-personnel device. With my dad being the second scout, his injuries were quite severe, but they may have saved his life (naturally-speaking, of course). For when he woke up in a Paris hospital several days later, his first sergeant was in a bed across from him. When my dad asked him what was going on, he was told that they were the only survivors from their company, with many of the men dying from being run over by a German tank as they rolled directly through their position in one of the first German attempts to break through the Allied lines.<br /><br />One of my most vivid memories from my childhood is of my dad begging my mom to not want him to go down to see if he could help after two cars had a head-on collision one night in 1967(?) on the Central Crossing Bridge over Table Rock Lake, around 250 yards from our home near Shell Knob, Missouri. He told her that he had already seen more spilled blood than anyone should ever have to, but she insisted that it was his Christian duty to go see if there anything he could do. He was white as a ghost when he came back, and he refused to say what he had seen. Later on, we heard from another source that both drivers of the cars were killed instantly, and that there were no other occupants in the cars.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-78712240015509547562014-05-27T12:21:15.671-05:002014-05-27T12:21:15.671-05:00My dad was also at the Bulge. I remembering him ta...My dad was also at the Bulge. I remembering him talking about signing something and they would him hang around longer but he signed. He was so shell shocked that his brother had to take care of him as soon as he landed. He wanted VA helped but the image already was there back 15 years ago or more that it was a nursing home with no care. L. D. https://www.blogger.com/profile/02270923121962761209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-25115646443700685812014-05-27T02:07:09.829-05:002014-05-27T02:07:09.829-05:00I'm sorry, I ain't rubbing your feet, my l...I'm sorry, I ain't rubbing your feet, my love.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-76903281395285886592014-05-27T02:04:57.065-05:002014-05-27T02:04:57.065-05:00Thanks for stopping by, my dear Lee!!! I hope it ...Thanks for stopping by, my dear Lee!!! I hope it will get much, much better for them much, much sooner than later.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-10242212730400937772014-05-27T02:03:03.581-05:002014-05-27T02:03:03.581-05:00Thanks for stopping by, my dear Ann!!! Have you b...Thanks for stopping by, my dear Ann!!! Have you been watching too much FOX News again?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-31033968753139484892014-05-26T21:52:08.708-05:002014-05-26T21:52:08.708-05:00I could not agree more!I could not agree more!Arlynda Lea Beuterbaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11748078545064140288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-59361366780812170382014-05-26T17:54:25.327-05:002014-05-26T17:54:25.327-05:00I think ex-servicemen and women suffer everywhere,...I think ex-servicemen and women suffer everywhere, but slowly, gradually things are changing; not before time. For too long no one understood the mental problems they were suffering...long term problems that need to be taken seriously.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-25238778707401522352014-05-26T17:11:06.290-05:002014-05-26T17:11:06.290-05:00it's a shame that we live in a country that gi...it's a shame that we live in a country that gives better treatment to illegal aliens than to our countries heroesAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886333496997952719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-86310449322458939342014-05-26T16:55:32.040-05:002014-05-26T16:55:32.040-05:00Thanks for stopping by, my dear Adullamite!!! I h...Thanks for stopping by, my dear Adullamite!!! I have not been given a clear answer to why there appears to be so much more mental problems with military personnel returning from combat now than in the past--even in comparison to those who saw action in Korean and Vietnam, which were both very messed up situations. In any event, their treatment has been generally appalling.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-26679098260175977612014-05-26T15:52:57.221-05:002014-05-26T15:52:57.221-05:00Sad story.
Ex servicemen here also suffer, and a...Sad story. <br />Ex servicemen here also suffer, and always have, from lack of aid after their time. More is being done than before but too many men in jail are ex-servicemen.Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-36573815149059645062014-05-26T13:46:33.896-05:002014-05-26T13:46:33.896-05:00Thanks for stopping by, my dear Stephen!!! It is,...Thanks for stopping by, my dear Stephen!!! It is, indeed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-77437737804180599252014-05-26T13:36:30.848-05:002014-05-26T13:36:30.848-05:00I believe both political parties are guilty of exp...I believe both political parties are guilty of exploiting the military for their own purposes, while failing to protect and expand the programs that would ensure the health of our veterans. It's a crime. Fifty congressional attempts to repeal Obamacare yet every bill designed to expand or fund additional care for our vets is blocked? Shameful.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.com