A Veterans Journey Volume 2

Author : Alvin Brinkman, Jr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781706820987
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vet This written by Alvin Brinkman, Jr and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-05 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Vet This" title of this book invites readers to open and inspect a window into the history of my life as it unfolded leading up to my enlistment in the US Army, the war in Vietnam, and what happened after I returned home. But more importantly, this book asks readers to make a careful and critical examination of the functionality and credibility of this nation's United States Department of Veterans Affairs, with a specific focus both on the Veterans Benefits Administration and the Veterans Health Administration.

Author : Andy Adkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781736387849
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Veteran's Journey, Volume 2 written by Andy Adkins and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Veteran's Journey is a weekly blog by Andy Adkins, U.S. Navy veteran (1973-1977). This second volume represents more selected short stories.

Author : Andre Rush
Publisher : Harper Horizon
ISBN 13 : 078524946X
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Call Me Chef, Dammit! written by Andre Rush and published by Harper Horizon. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it take to go from growing up in a Mississippi housing project to becoming a master sergeant and a celebrity chef serving in the White House under four United States presidents? Call Me Chef, Dammit! is the inspiring story of Andre Rush, who became an overnight sensation in 2018, after a photograph of his now-famous twenty-four-inch biceps went viral. However, his journey to that moment could never be captured in a fleeting moment. From his childhood working on a farm, to his developing into a gifted athlete and artist to his joining the Army, Rush has dedicated his life to serving others. During his twenty-four-year military career, his reputation as an award-winning cook eventually led him to the Pentagon. His presence in the building when the plane struck on 9/11/2001 led to his suffering from PTSD, and he has become an outspoken advocate for the military and especially for wounded warriors. Every step of the way, Chef Rush has overcome tremendous obstacles, including battling stereotypes and racism. And in this memoir, he shares not only his wounds and what he experienced along the road to recovery but also the optimism, hope, and hard-earned wisdom that have encouraged countless others.

Author : Jack Gutman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780996317405
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Veteran's Journey written by Jack Gutman and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autobiography by Jack Gutman depicting his experiences in World War ll.

Author : Raymond M. Scurfield
Publisher : Algora Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0875864066
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Vietnam Trilogy, Vol. 2: Healing Journeys written by Raymond M. Scurfield and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Vietnam Trilogy is about a side of war that for decades pro-military and pro-defense advocates have systematically suppressed, minimized and denigrated as being falsely exaggerated the indelible human cost of war on its participants that can and does persist for decades. The 3.14 million Vietnam war-zone veterans and 800,000 Vietnam-theater veterans suffering full or partial post-traumatic stress syndrome, and their families will find it invaluable. Volume Two, Healing Journeys, focuses on three Vietnam Vets making a return trip accompanying 16 students on a Study Abroad history course. Especially in the post 9/11, post-Iraq world, this trilogy is important reading for academics and mental health professionals including graduate and undergrad students in history, psychology, social work and religion, and professionals in psychiatry, clinical nursing, counseling, and religion, and academic specialists interested in study abroad programs. Through the wrenching stories of veterans and the authors own understanding as a mental health professional, Scurfield describes his and his comrades experiences during the war; then he describes the healing process fostered by innovative return trips he has led to peace-time Vietnam in 1989 and, in conjunction with a university history program, in 2000, described in this volume. A Vietnam Trilogy offers veterans and their families a vicarious "healing journey" by relating the experiences of those who participated in these therapeutic efforts, and offers recommendations to veterans and those who wish to help them. The therapy breakthroughs for veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder are now the model for innovative programs across America; and they will be the foundation for programs to help today's veterans of the Iraq War.

Author : Luis Carlos Montalván
Publisher : Post Hill Press
ISBN 13 : 1682611078
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tuesday Takes Me There written by Luis Carlos Montalván and published by Post Hill Press. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York's Staten Island Ferry to a double-decker bus in Washington, DC, a delightful service dog, named Tuesday, narrates this fun and exciting journey ― with his disabled veteran partner ― to a very special place. Tuesday and Luis, an Iraq War veteran, must travel by boat, bus, train, horse, pedicab and more as they race from New York City to the countryside outside the nation's capitol for an important event. Along the way, they see many famous sites, share hilarious and touching adventures, and show young readers (along with their teachers and parents) how trained service dogs help people with disabilities. Full of beautiful photos of this lovable Golden Retriever and his best friend, Tuesday Takes Me There continues the bestselling true story of a wounded veteran and the dog that saved him.

Author : Andrew Biggio
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1684511399
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rifle written by Andrew Biggio and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It all started because of a rifle. The Rifle is an inspirational story and hero’s journey of a 28-year-old U.S. Marine, Andrew Biggio, who returned home from combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, full of questions about the price of war. He found answers from those who survived the costliest war of all -- WWII veterans. It began when Biggio bought a 1945 M1 Garand Rifle, the most common rifle used in WWII, to honor his great uncle, a U.S. Army soldier who died on the hills of the Italian countryside. When Biggio showed the gun to his neighbor, WWII veteran Corporal Joseph Drago, it unlocked memories Drago had kept unspoken for 50 years. On the spur of the moment, Biggio asked Drago to sign the rifle. Thus began this Marine’s mission to find as many WWII veterans as he could, get their signatures on the rifle, and document their stories. For two years, Biggio traveled across the country to interview America’s last-living WWII veterans. Each time he put the M1 Garand Rifle in their hands, their eyes lit up with memories triggered by holding the weapon that had been with them every step of the war. With each visit and every story told to Biggio, the veterans signed their names to the rifle. 96 signatures now cover that rifle, each a reminder of the price of war and the courage of our soldiers.

Author : Mark E. Huglen
Publisher : Parlor Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1932559558
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poetic Healing written by Mark E. Huglen and published by Parlor Press LLC. This book was released on 2004-11-28 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the poetic healing of a Vietnam veteran with poetry and plays. Describes the five phases of healing through commentary and explores intrapersonal and interpersonal conflict, dialectic, and metaphysics, as well as suicide and anti-relational and relational communication.

Author : Nolan Peterson
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612007740
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Soldiers Miss War written by Nolan Peterson and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The stories . . . are top-notch and engaging as soldiers and veterans grapple with big questions while seeking meaning in life and coping with war and PTSD.” —Booklist Ask combat veterans to name the worst experience of their lives, and they’ll probably tell you it was war. But ask them to choose the best experience, and they’ll usually say it was war, too. For those who haven’t served in combat, this is nearly impossible to understand. The spectrum of emotions experienced by a combat veteran is far wider than that experienced in civilian life, and for that reason it can be hard for a veteran to re-assimilate. What is it about war that soldiers miss? This is a question every civilian should try to understand. Weaving together a wide range of stories, from the flight deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier off Syria to climbing a forbidden Himalayan pass into Tibet, this moving, insightful book explains one of the most everlasting human pursuits—war. But it is also about coming home and confronting another kind of struggle, which we all share—the search for happiness. In this collection, Nolan Peterson writes of war from the perspective of both combatant and witness, taking us from missions over Afghanistan as an Air Force special ops pilot to the frontlines against ISIS in Iraq, and to trench and tank battles in Ukraine. Interweaving his reports with a narrative of his own transformation from combat pilot to war journalist, he explores a timeless paradox: Why does coming home from war feel like such a disappointment?

Author : Lori Holyfield
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781612050522
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Veterans' Journeys Home written by Lori Holyfield and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veterans' Journeys Home is a vivid portrayal of military life and its aftermath for US troops who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Highlighting the challenges US veterans face in today's changing military culture, the book depicts the haunting and visceral memories of returning soldiers, conversations with mental health providers, and offers an alternative approach to healing the emotional wounds of war. For anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the human costs of recent wars this book is invaluable. It combines a moving narrative with a penetrating analysis of the welfare and post-conflict treatment of veterans.