I am back to writing the blog. Between the demands of a 8 - 5 job and writing an adaption of "Lost Survivor" for the stage, the other daily grinds of living, and life sharing with my wife I felt like I was leaf on choppy seas. Nothing bad, mostly good happenings. My mind stretched in many different directions until the connections seems more important than the core. So, the process of rediscovery starts again, usually because of memories. And that is what happen to me.
I was presented the 2008 Illinois Veterans Braintrust Award. It was a small ceremony held in Illinois Secretary of State, Jesse White's Chicago office, my boss, added a special texture to the event, because he is the only statewide elected official that is a veteran. The award, established by General Colin Powell in 1990, pays tribute to mine efforts on behalf of WWII, Korean, Vietnam, Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans, their families and supporters, and for my novel "Lost Survivor". The social paradoxes encountered on the journey from man to soldier and soldier back to man. It was a honor to receive the award
It brought a flood of memories filled with faces and names of the veterans I had contact with since I returned from Vietnam. Listening to their stories of survival and what it did to them. Experiencing with them the pain of reliving the nightmares of combat. Which drove me to write "Lost Survivor" so people could understand the screams we hear in our minds.
I was presented the 2008 Illinois Veterans Braintrust Award. It was a small ceremony held in Illinois Secretary of State, Jesse White's Chicago office, my boss, added a special texture to the event, because he is the only statewide elected official that is a veteran. The award, established by General Colin Powell in 1990, pays tribute to mine efforts on behalf of WWII, Korean, Vietnam, Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans, their families and supporters, and for my novel "Lost Survivor". The social paradoxes encountered on the journey from man to soldier and soldier back to man. It was a honor to receive the award
It brought a flood of memories filled with faces and names of the veterans I had contact with since I returned from Vietnam. Listening to their stories of survival and what it did to them. Experiencing with them the pain of reliving the nightmares of combat. Which drove me to write "Lost Survivor" so people could understand the screams we hear in our minds.
