Cara's Blog » Last reading… *tear
As I read the epilogue of Wages Of War, I thought about our own research papers. It took hours to complete research and write an eight page paper. All the sources we read in class took provided a semester’s worth of research for our final essay. I glanced at the page number which read 422 and I wondered how long it ...
[Link]Christine Melchione » The Last Blog!
I was disappointed with the ending of Wages of War. I understand that the Vietnam War was the war that most affected and impacted their lives but they devoted three chapters plus the epilogue to Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange. I thought that there was a lot of other things that they could have discussed instead of Agent Orange and Vietnam. ...
[Link]The Magical Theatre » Overview
Gambone’s entry was a basic summary of what we have learned this year. A point he really tries to hit home is the role that veterans play in politics. I think a big part of why veterans are elected into office is because of their service. The American population, in at at least today’s society, respects a veteran for the sacrifices ...
[Link]Melissa's Blog » Intro and Epilogue
Gambone’s introduction was a nice overview of what we have learned during this course. He really emphasizes the fact that many veterans go on to play important roles in politics. I personally find this interesting because when I stop to think about it, I really do see veterans in a different way than other politicians. When there is a candidate for ...
[Link]Kelly Reeder » Last Blog Entry
It was nice to read Gambone’s introduction and revisit what conditions were like for veterans before WWII. We covered a lot of material this semester and have made leaps in bounds in the realm of benefits and treatment of the veteran: overall public opinion and treatment, the Veteran’s Administration, hospitals for veterans, pensions, psychological treatment, the GI Bill, etc etc. But ...
[Link]Kabarnakle's Coming Home » One More Time…
This is the last blog post, no more waking up in the morning realizing…’man I didn’t do my post’ and rushing to do it fast. On to the epilogue now. Well the Internet decided to break and so now I have to write from the last sentence on. Severo and Milford seemed to not attack as much as they had in ...
[Link]The Domicylon » Gambone, Severo and Milford, and NPR stories
Gambone’s introduction gave a nice recap and memory refresher of American military service and veterans pre-WWII. However, something about Severo and Milford’s chapter rubbed me the wrong way. I just felt sort of annoyed reading it. Maybe it was the fact that they put even more focus on Agent Orange. Were all those chapters not enough? I did like how they ...
[Link]Stacey Aylor's blog » …the end is near…
This final reading seems to sum up all the things we’ve learned this year very neatly. Gambone points out that often the military is what has kept us from being destroyed. Without it this nation would not exist. He is absolutely right. In the words of Stephen Ballou, “How great a debt we owe to those who went before us in ...
[Link]Sarah Tryon's Blogs » Introduction and Epilogue
For once, I actually agree with Severo and Milford. The homecoming of the Vietnam veteran was not all that terrible compared to the usual welcoming trend of returning soldiers. Compared to basically all the previous wars, except World War II, the return of Vietnam veterans was par for the course. However, the fact that their homecoming was similar to many veterans ...
[Link]Heidi Sheehan » Last Post!
At first, I thought that Gambones book seemed alittle to “patriotic” and glossed over many of the troubles that veterans faced, but towards the end of the reading segment I think that it picked it up a bit and told about some of the struggles that veterans truly faced after the war. Overall, I think it was nice summary of what ...
[Link]The Magical Theatre » Women In War II
For this part of the class I watched and read Frances Liberty. I figured I might as well laugh as I hear these women tell their war stories. I thought Frances would be the perfect subject to read about. In class her stories were full of laughter and humor as she skipped through her stories as if she was telling it ...
[Link]Kelly Reeder » NPR Report
This whole semester we have been focusing on the trouble men veterans had acclimating back into society. It was nice to learn about the difficulties women faced, because their struggles are unique to what their male counterparts face. Upon returning home, they have to return to a household that was used to not having them. They have to reassert their power ...
[Link]Cara's Blog » Nurses
I listened to the interview of Rhonda Marie Knox Prescott. She had a lot of similarities to the other two women I listened to and also the ones we heard in class. Prescott, like the others was interested in the medical field before she joined the Army. She became a captain in the Army Nurse Corps and spent her first year ...
[Link]FSEM » Women in the Military
Darlene Iskra joined the Navy in 1979, and served in the Persia Gulf War from 1990-1995 and eventually achieved the rank of Commander. In her interview she talks about bonding with the other women who were also involved in the navy and how that has changed over the years. She said that when she was in the navy she and the ...
[Link]Christine Melchione » NPR Report on Female Iraq War Veterans
I was shocked when I listened to NPR’s report on female Iraqi War veterans. Women in this war are closer to the the front lines then ever before. The reporter on NPR stated that women were fully integrated into the military for the first time in the Iraq War. Because of this they are facing a host of new problems. I ...
[Link]The Domicylon » Female Veterans Part 2
Rhonda Cornum joined the Army in 1978 and was in the Persian Gulf War. Her grandfather, who was a marine during WWII, influenced her. Though he never really talked about his experiences, she was impressed by the way he carried himself, and she hoped to be similar. It’s interesting to see how the “greatest generation” and the “good war” continued ...
[Link]Lou's Veteran's blog » Women Veterans
I chose Regina Schiffman to read and listen about in the women’s veterans section. I find it remarkable that a young budding neurosurgeon would forfeit her career in order to join the army. She sacrificed a comfortable career and voluntarily gave her services to her country in the time of need. It took a huge act of generosity in order to ...
[Link]Sarah Tryon's Blogs » Women Interviews again
This time around I read Frances M. Liberty. I thought it was interesting how she could recall so many memories about war with humour. I don’t think she necessarily thought these recollections were funny, rather it is an easier emotion to deal with. Personally, when ever I’m unsure about how to deal with something, the first reaction I have is to ...
[Link]Melissa's Blog » Women at War Part II
Since she was so entertaining and interesting, I decided to listen to the rest of Frances M. Liberty’s interview. What struck me was the fact that she could joke about her war experience when so many others would choke up or be unwilling to talk about it. I think that the fact that she was in World War II, Korea, and ...
[Link]Stacey Aylor's blog » Reaction to Veterans History Project Females II
This time I watched the video interview about Darlene Iskra, who became the first female to command a U.S. Navy ship. I had never considered the amount of planning that went into such things as who would become the first female to command a ship. It’s understandable that they would want the first female to be someone highly qualified and in ...
[Link]Heidi Sheehan » women 1
Sorry…I forgot to post this before class…
I didn’t really enjoy this reading/listening segment. While it was nice not to have to read a lot, I found that listening to the women talk about their experiences was almost harder because it allowed me to become distracted easily. Other then that, it was interesting to learn about the women’s experiences during wartime. ...
[Link]FSEM » Women Veterans
I read Violet Hill Gordon’s interview and I really liked it. She was not only a female officer, but she was also an African American which made it all the more challenging for her, but she persevered. Gordon served during World War II in the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) from 1939 to 1946 at a time when women were not ...
[Link]Kelly Reeder » Women in War
First, it was definitely nice to have a change in pace and focus on a group of veterans that we hadn’t before.
Regina H. Schiffman, who possessed a vast amount of education before she served, faced basic medical conditions. By basic I almost mean primitive. Despite her having limited medical technologies, she worked to provide the most advanced care for her ...
[Link]Stacey Aylor's blog » Reaction to Veterans History Project Females I
The first interview I looked at was that of Meda Montana Brendall. I was very impressed with her presence of mind considering her age. This woman is tough. She worked as a welder during World War II in spite of the views that welding was a dirty job not suited for women. However, she worked as hard as she possibly could, ...
[Link]Cara's Blog » Women
The interviews of women veterans were a nice change of pace from the Wages of War book. I was impressed with, not only the dedication of the women I listened to, but the differences that separated them from soldiers we read about. Many of the veterans we read about, from Watkins to Kovic didn’t have any higher education. Paul Fussell was ...
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