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Wall Reflects Sacrifice Made By Some for All During Vietnam War

May 20, 2019 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

toddler walks along Vietnam war memorial wall (photo Aaron Yavelberg)

She walked slowly, which wasn’t necessarily out of the ordinary. Her legs were strong, despite their size; I was often surprised by just how much energy she was able to channel through them as she ran, jumped and danced her way through her days. But that morning, she didn’t have the same sense of urgency that she often did. To be clear, my daughter was not taking each step deliberately as a form of protest or expression of independence. She did not appear to have any specific purpose in her gait; there did not seem to be any hidden message that could be interpreted from her soft … [Read more...]

Filed Under: death, holidays Tagged With: Memorial Day, military, war

No Military Future for My Son. Ever.

May 21, 2015 by Mike Julianelle 3 Comments

soldier child father Memorial Day

Editor's Note: With Memorial Day approaching, we thought the time was right to address war and our children. NYC Dads Group member Mike Julianelle presents his point of view here. Please leave yours in the comments. Recently Saturday Night Live ran a parody of the earnest and sentimental “my kid is joining the military!” commercials. Only instead of the man’s daughter joining the army, she joined ISIS. The target of the bit, to these eyes, was the commercials themselves, not the war and not even ISIS, but some people got upset. Similarly, controversy erupted over this winter’s American … [Read more...]

Filed Under: death, growing up Tagged With: Memorial Day, military, sons, war

Veteran of Iraq Remembers One Who Didn’t Escape from War

November 11, 2014 by Michael Moebes Leave a Comment

Iraq veteran, translator

Among the photographs from my 2003 deployment to Iraq is one that sticks out. There’s a woman in uniform, not unlike every other picture I have of persons I served with there. But then there’s this guy. He has no BDU t-shirt or DCU pants; he’s in a white cotton button up with rolled sleeves and blue jeans. He’s sitting on a dusty cot next to our tent, his arms out, his lips pursed mid-sentence, and he’s smiling. He’s holding a shawarma wrapped in plastic he’s brought from his home to give us a break from the MREs we shared at lunch every day under our camouflage netting-covered “porch." His … [Read more...]

Filed Under: death, holidays, memories Tagged With: military, Veterans Day, war

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