tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post8237690469546090032..comments2024-03-29T10:59:34.918-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: Writing with my Father, Bronze StarJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-64229080001238308762011-04-23T20:38:33.722-04:002011-04-23T20:38:33.722-04:00Thank you, JennyThank you, JennyWarren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-87799217698311315692011-04-23T17:36:34.504-04:002011-04-23T17:36:34.504-04:00"The real heroes never came home." I'..."The real heroes never came home." I'm glad your father did, Warren.Jenny Milchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04410805792044518458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-41527858475915150232011-04-22T10:49:12.696-04:002011-04-22T10:49:12.696-04:00E.B.
My father was following orders. I think the ...E.B.<br />My father was following orders. I think the men were in the minefield before they recognized what it was. I believe it was disguised to some extend. I tried to write my father's impressions, not my own. He witnessed so many acts of bravery, many of them not recognized by commanders, that, like a lot of military men, he developed his own ideas about heroism and discounted his own.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-50774107864112996122011-04-22T09:57:03.283-04:002011-04-22T09:57:03.283-04:00When your father said "embedded" does th...When your father said "embedded" does that mean manned? <br /><br />I take issue with him. Did he make the call to go out on the mission? If he didn't, then why did he think he was responsible for leading the men through a mined field? Sixty years ago the technology didn't exist that would pick up on mined land--in other words--he couldn't have known. <br /><br />He was a bonafided hero whether he wants credit for the citation or not. I can appreciate humbleness, but not when it contradicts the facts. I believe that people aren't given enough credit and when they deserve it, as your father did, credit should be bestowed, and it was.<br /><br />Are citations to be given only to the dead?E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-23898365682067894252011-04-22T08:50:54.088-04:002011-04-22T08:50:54.088-04:00I agree Pauline, civilians can face greater risks ...I agree Pauline, civilians can face greater risks without weapons or training.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-38798512130410991192011-04-22T08:48:00.832-04:002011-04-22T08:48:00.832-04:00I agree with your father and Staff Sergeant Guinta...I agree with your father and Staff Sergeant Guinta that most heroism isn't witnessed or acknowledged. Perhaps the hero is motivated by something deep within himself that means more than life itself. A soldier could naturally be called a hero but, in a country undergoing war or civil conflict, untrained civilians risk their lives to save neighbors and strangers. They don't expect to be rewarded and most often they aren't.Pauline Alldredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00847008019331163905noreply@blogger.com