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Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Chicago 1986
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Book Synopsis Places of Commemoration by : Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn
Download or read book Places of Commemoration written by Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 2001 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Everyone is occupied, consciously or unconsciously, with identity--one's origin and the question of one's place in humankind and society of the past, present, and future. Identity and memory are not stable and objective things, but representations or constructions of reality related to a particular interest, such as class, gender, of power relations. Identity is problematic without history and without the commemoration of history, and of course such remembrance may distort historical events and facts. When dealing with gardens, a substantial part of our physical environment, there are always unspoken questions of identity." Places of Commemoration examines commemorative sites of different character, including gardens, landscapes, memorials, cemeteries, and sites of former Nazi concentration camps, detailing the ideas behind the creation of memorials and monuments and the struggles over the narratives they present.
Book Synopsis The Day We Finally Came Back from Vietnam by : Roger A. McGill
Download or read book The Day We Finally Came Back from Vietnam written by Roger A. McGill and published by . This book was released on 2023-04-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "10 Years Late", was the headline covering the 1985 parade in New York City. But as these authors and Tom Stack saw it, this parade really was the preface for the main event: the Chicago WELCOME HOME Vietnam Veterans parade on Friday, June 13, 1986. From a parade of 25,000 veterans in New York, this parade grew to a massive Chicago marching crowd of Vietnam Veterans with estimates ranging from 176,000 to more than 200,000. The inspiration for this was born in New York City. The innovation however was the brainchild of Tom Stack; the execution was the combined effort of so many other leaders and volunteers ranging from book co-author and parade leader and organizer Roger Mc Gill to volunteer and co-author Harry Beyne to countless other volunteers. Every effort was made to name so many of these individuals, yet it was not possible to name 176,000 veterans who had among their ranks so many who contributed. To those not named, you are not forgotten This event could not have happened without you. For Vietnam Veterans, this 1986 parade was their homecoming. Or as Roger Mc Gill said after attending the NYC parade "only with this parade did I truly feel that I had finally returned from Vietnam." Hence the title of this book as his statement was uniformly shared by so many who didn't have the opportunity to come to New York but showed up in force for Chicago. Anyone who has known, loved, honored a Vietnam Veteran understands the pain experienced with their return from war. They were degraded, spat upon, sworn at, and physically abused. Many destroyed their uniforms in shame; others left the country; most refused to talk about the war, their experiences, and their feelings. As a result, so many suffered from physical harm, most suffered from the effects of Agent Orange, and, of course, the silent killer PTSD. Even today, with the average Vietnam Veteran in his or her seventies, many are just now beginning to open up and share with one another. This is a tribute to the efforts of other veterans, their groups, and associations and to many of the dedicated professionals at the Veterans Administration. And there are many. And, yes, there is still a great deal of work to be done. There are veterans who are refusing to get treatment for diseases caused by Agent Orange - if they do, and they are improving or in remission - there is some bean counter who will decide they no longer need disability. This is an uphill battle. But Veterans are heading up the hill. However, in 1986, they were still at the bottom of the hill. This was just their beginning. This was their Veteran's parade. This was their homecoming. They planned and orchestrated and threw their own party. The good news: the guests poured in. By most counts, more than 500,000 came to celebrate their return, their contributions and to share their appreciation for a job well done. We extend a heartfelt thank you to all of those who gave so much and to all of those who planned and contributed to this event.
Download or read book Shook Over Hell written by Eric T. Dean and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vietnam still haunts the American conscience. Not only did nearly 58,000 Americans die there, but--by some estimates--1.5 million veterans returned with war-induced Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This psychological syndrome, responsible for anxiety, depression, and a wide array of social pathologies, has never before been placed in historical context. Eric Dean does just that as he relates the psychological problems of veterans of the Vietnam War to the mental and readjustment problems experienced by veterans of the Civil War. Employing a multidisciplinary approach that merges military, medical, and social history, Dean draws on individual case analyses and quantitative methods to trace the reactions of Civil War veterans to combat and death. He seeks to determine whether exuberant parades in the North and sectional adulation in the South helped to wash away memories of violence for the Civil War veteran. His extensive study reveals that Civil War veterans experienced severe persistent psychological problems such as depression, anxiety, and flashbacks with resulting behaviors such as suicide, alcoholism, and domestic violence. By comparing Civil War and Vietnam veterans, Dean demonstrates that Vietnam vets did not suffer exceptionally in the number and degree of their psychiatric illnesses. The politics and culture of the times, Dean argues, were responsible for the claims of singularity for the suffering Vietnam veterans as well as for the development of the modern concept of PTSD. This remarkable and moving book uncovers a hidden chapter of Civil War history and gives new meaning to the Vietnam War.
Book Synopsis The Vietnam War in American Memory by : Christian Goodwillie
Download or read book The Vietnam War in American Memory written by Christian Goodwillie and published by Univ of Massachusetts Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the beginning in the 1770s, singing was an important part of Shaker worship. In 1812-13 the Shakers published their first hymnal, 'Millennial Praises', which included texts without music. This scholarly edition of the hymnal joins the texts to original Shaker tunes. The CD includes historical recordings of six Shaker songs.
Book Synopsis Return to Vietnam by : Mia Martin Hobbs
Download or read book Return to Vietnam written by Mia Martin Hobbs and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-14 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1980s, thousands of American and Australian veterans have returned to Việt Nam. This oral history tells their story.
Book Synopsis Rolling on the River by : Steve Neal
Download or read book Rolling on the River written by Steve Neal and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In these pages, you'll meet the state legislator who never met a special interest he did not like, an alderman groveling to a mob boss, and the prosecutor who gained notoriety as a publicity hound."--BOOK JACKET. "Neal's beat is politics, but his interests are rich and varied. He also writes about sports, music, literature, and film with a point of view that is fresh and original."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis Face of the Enemy: An American Asian's War in Vietnam and at Home by : David O. Chung
Download or read book Face of the Enemy: An American Asian's War in Vietnam and at Home written by David O. Chung and published by BookLocker.com, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-08-23 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Face of the Enemy is not your run-of-the-mill memoir. The second son of a mixed-race family of mainly Asian descent was challenge enough. His father’s American values were overpowered by his mother’s enforcement of the traditional Chinese culture of her homeland. His home life couldn’t have been more dissimilar than the culture of 1960s Chicago that was just outside his front door. Out on the streets, his Asian face said, “I’m not one of you.” At home, his status as the Number Two son said, “I am a servant.” Chung, Doc to his friends, quickly learned that he had two identities, and that he was trapped in between them. He had to fight, many times with his fists, to discover where his place was in his own country. The Vietnam War was winding down when Chung joined the Air Force. As a transportation specialist for the United States Air Force in Vietnam, he made sure aircraft delivering supplies were loaded and balanced properly. How much trouble could there be? Plenty, as he discovered. Many of his American comrades in arms viewed him with suspicion. He had the face of the enemy. The Vietnamese took one look at his American uniform and knew he was not one of them. After coming home from Vietnam, Doc found his own country struggling to move on from an unpopular war. The public blamed the veterans, some of whom were struggling with the demons they had brought home with them. The only defense from the public shaming was for veterans to hide in plain sight. Uniforms were packed away. Nightmares weren’t talked about. The only thing that remained the same for Doc was the racism and bigotry. How do you overcome having the face of the enemy? How do you free yourself from the jaws of a trap that is part of who you are? Doc found the answer in saying yes. Saying yes to joining a fledgling company called Federal Express. Saying yes to joining veterans groups to help change the way Vietnam veterans were treated. Saying yes to the journey of driving the Vietnam Women’s Memorial across the country to Washington DC. Saying yes to a position in the Veterans Affairs Office in Washington DC. Saying yes to changing his own life through helping others. This is a memoir of an ordinary man with an extraordinary conviction to change the status quo, first through activism, and then through an uncanny understanding of how to navigate the bureaucratic obstacles of the United States government.
Download or read book Chicagoland written by D.K. Olson and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-04-13 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicago is a name that everyone around the world has heard of--thanks to Al Capone! Doug's love for Chicagoland, and his desire to bring the same love for the "Windy City" and its suburbs to people presently living there or planning to reside there in the future, supersedes his own personal "shortcomings." For people who used to live there, the memories found in this book should be quite fulfilling. The "Chicago Ancestry" chapters, in particular, promise to be historical and informative.
Download or read book American Mourning written by Simon Stow and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does the way in which a democratic polity mourn its losses shape its political outcomes? How might it shape those outcomes? American Mourning: Tragedy, Democracy, Resilience answers these questions with a critical study of American public mourning. Employing mourning as a lens through which to view the shortcomings of American democracy, it offers an argument for a tragic, complex, and critical mode of mourning that it contrasts with the nationalist, romantic, and nostalgic responses to loss that currently dominate and damage the polity. Offering new readings of key texts in Ancient political thought and American political history, it engages debates central to contemporary democratic theory concerned with agonism, acknowledgment, hope, humanism, patriotism, and political resilience. The book outlines new ways of thinking about and responding to terrorism, racial conflict, and the problems of democratic military return.
Book Synopsis Letters, Medals, Roses by : Marjorie A. Brockman
Download or read book Letters, Medals, Roses written by Marjorie A. Brockman and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2007-02-19 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of poetry was written as a result of many hours of conversations with Vietnam veterans at the Chicago Welcome Home Parade on June 13, 1986, and at several Vietnam veterans' reunions held in Crawfordsville and Kokomo, Indiana over the last several years. For the reader who is not a veteran, I hope that these poems will give you a better understanding of the problems these veterans faced in the past and are still facing today. For the veteran who reads this book, I hope that my poems will somehow help you as you try to heal the emotional and physical scars caused by this war.. The following is an overview of the collections of poems in this book related to the Vietnam War. These Memories Will Last is a poem that describes how a solder felt on his way to Vietnam, his fears, his thoughts, his experiences and the impact they would have on his life in the future. All That I Can Give is a poem about the nurses in Vietnam and their dedication to nursing the many wounded soldiers in Vietnam. Missing You is a poem about a boy whose father was killed in Vietnam before his birth. The boy is missing his father and reflecting on how it could have been if his father were here with him today. Other topics covered in my war poems are Agent Orange, veteran suicide, the POW/MIA issue, and the Welcome Home Parade in Chicago, Illinois.
Book Synopsis Where The Water Meets The Sand by : Tyra Manning
Download or read book Where The Water Meets The Sand written by Tyra Manning and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award GOLD Winner in Autobiography & Memoir A remarkable story of love, loss, and hope Author Tyra Manning learned that her husband had been killed in the Vietnam War from her psychiatrist at the Menninger Clinic, where she had been hospitalized for clinical depression. After years of battling addiction and depression, and coping with the tragic loss of her father at a very early age, Tyra's worst fear had come true. Larry had been shot down over the Laotian jungle while flying a top-secret mission, just two weeks before their daughter’s second birthday. In this beautifully written, poignant memoir, Tyra Manning recounts how she was able to persevere in the face of devastating loss. With courage, love, and determination, she overcame her grief and fulfilled promises she made to Larry before he left for Vietnam. She ultimately earned a doctorate of education from the University of Kansas and became one of the nation’s top school superintendents. When Tyra received a call from the air force in 2006, she was able to keep one last promise to Larry. His remains had finally been excavated after thirty-five years, and she was able to honor his wish to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Where the Water Meets the Sand explores themes of loss, depression, addiction, courage, and love and offers hope to individuals and families who have also dealt with the loss of someone close to them.
Book Synopsis That Knock at the Door by : Holly S. Fenelon
Download or read book That Knock at the Door written by Holly S. Fenelon and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A blue star for each family member serving in Americas military a gold star if that life was lost in defense of the nations freedom. IN WORLD WAR I, the American tradition of the service flag began. Families displayed a simple fabric banner with a blue star for each family member serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. If a family member died in the nations service, a gold star covered that individuals blue star on the family service flag. Not a symbol of mourning, the gold star represented the familys pride and the honor and glory accorded to that individual for making the supreme sacrifice in defense of the Americas freedom. Soon, the term gold star mother came to be used to identify and honor women who had lost a son or daughter in wartime military service. Following the war, as the nation focused its attention on those veterans who had returned whole in mind and body, gold star mothers served as a constant reminder of the true cost of war. In 1928, a group of these women formed American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., an organization created to honor those who had died by being of service to veterans and their families in need, supporting gold star families, and caring for veterans who had returned with physical, emotional and psychological wounds. From that humble beginning, American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. has become an icon of national service, opening its membership time and again to gold star mothers of later wars and conflicts, including Iraq and Afghanistan. Their amazing legacy of service is an important yet largely unknown chapter in American history. This book presents the story of gold star mothers in America and the first comprehensive history of American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., drawn from nearly a century of archival materials. The fascinating story of the strong women who honored their fallen sons and daughters by dedicating themselves to the service of veterans and peace is both compelling and inspiring.
Book Synopsis The Essential Dale Suderman Reader by : Daniel Born
Download or read book The Essential Dale Suderman Reader written by Daniel Born and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential Dale Suderman Reader draws from essays, correspondence, personal journals, and newspaper columns written by one of the most dynamic Mennonite thinkers of his generation. A Kansas native, Suderman served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam during the Tet offensive and returned to the United States a committed peace activist. His voice embodies both gonzo journalist wit and comic gravitas. He saw the world as a country boy and then embraced his Chicago citizenship. He would boldly affirm his Christian faith and gay identity. To read him is to travel the terrain of war, social class, men’s studies, addiction, urban street life, and political engagement. Running through it all is ringing affirmation of friendship as the cardinal virtue, and of the timeless pleasures of conversation and introspection. This volume will introduce new readers to one of the enduring and unique voices in the American Anabaptist tradition. It is essential reading for pastors, educators, therapists, addictions counselors, and peace activists. It includes eight essays by some of his closest colleagues, who grapple with the meaning of his life and achievement: Keith Harder, Elva Suderman, John Kampen, Ben Hartley, Tim Nafziger, Ruth Harder, Clint Stucky, and Delbert Wiens.
Download or read book Soldiers written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Vietnam War Diary by : Fred Leo Brown
Download or read book Vietnam War Diary written by Fred Leo Brown and published by Combat Ready Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Assembly by : West Point Association of Graduates (Organization).
Download or read book Assembly written by West Point Association of Graduates (Organization). and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rucksack Grunt written by Robert Kuhn and published by . This book was released on 2023-03-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A military memoir with an underlying love story
