A LIFE LONG JOURNEY TO WAR AND HOME
A LIFE LONG JOURNEY TO WAR AND HOME

Author: Edward Cyr

Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.

Published: 2021-02-16

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 1644686333

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Edward "Eddie" Cyr, MSN, explores his life long journey, from a background as a second-generation immigrant to US Army colonel and nurse anesthetist in a war zone within the War on Terror, through his three deployments. His journey to his military career and experiencing war was influenced by his first generational French Canadian father, with his six brothers, along with his mother's two first generational Italian brothers who all served in World War II. He experienced the tribulations of growing up in the 1950s and '60s in a multicultural "Greatest Generation" family, which had a strong sense and pride of military service. Eddie early on experienced learning disabilities, which were not initially recognized, while being the first in his father's family to graduate from college. Eddie met his wife, Patricia, in college, in the nursing program that they both matriculated. Their marriage is blessed with five daughters and eleven grandchildren. This journey explores the decisions and difficulties from a young childhood through adulthood into his post military career. His committing to both a military and civilian career while navigating the difficulties of three deployments both in the war zone and multiple serious issues at home. It is a story of belief in self, determination, the love of a spouse and family, his military family and friendships, along with the advantages available to each of us if we trust in God and Country, all the while willing to work for what we believe we can accomplish. This is his story of not only of war and the issues of separation from family, but how he developed his desire to serve in uniform from the very beginning.

The Long Road Home
The Long Road Home

Author: Ben Shephard

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2011-02-22

Total Pages: 682

ISBN-13: 030759548X

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At the end of World War II, long before an Allied victory was assured and before the scope of the atrocities orchestrated by Hitler would come into focus or even assume the name of the Holocaust, Allied forces had begun to prepare for its aftermath. Taking cues from the end of the First World War, planners had begun the futile task of preparing themselves for a civilian health crisis that, due in large part to advances in medical science, would never come. The problem that emerged was not widespread disease among Europe’s population, as anticipated, but massive displacement among those who had been uprooted from home and country during the war. Displaced Persons, as the refugees would come to be known, were not comprised entirely of Jews. Millions of Latvians, Poles, Ukrainians, and Yugoslavs, in addition to several hundred thousand Germans, were situated in a limbo long overlooked by historians. While many were speedily repatriated, millions of refugees refused to return to countries that were forever changed by the war—a crisis that would take years to resolve and would become the defining legacy of World War II. Indeed many of the postwar questions that haunted the Allied planners still confront us today: How can humanitarian aid be made to work? What levels of immigration can our societies absorb? How can an occupying power restore prosperity to a defeated enemy? Including new documentation in the form of journals, oral histories, and essays by actual DPs unearthed during his research for this illuminating and radical reassessment of history, Ben Shephard brings to light the extraordinary stories and myriad versions of the war experienced by the refugees and the new United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration that would undertake the responsibility of binding the wounds of an entire continent. Groundbreaking and remarkably relevant to conflicts that continue to plague peacekeeping efforts, The Long Road Home tells the epic story of how millions redefined the notion of home amid painstaking recovery.

The Long Road Home
The Long Road Home

Author: Martha Raddatz

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780399153822

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Documents the two-day firefight in Sadr City that began the Iraqi insurgency, during which eight 1st Cavalry Division soldiers were killed and numerous others wounded, an engagement that was vigilantly monitored by their loved ones back home.

A LIFE LONG JOURNEY TO WAR AND HOME
A LIFE LONG JOURNEY TO WAR AND HOME

Author: Edward O. Cyr

Publisher:

Published: 2020-11-08

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9781644686324

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Edward "Eddie" Cyr, MSN, explores his life long journey, from a background as a second-generation immigrant to US Army colonel and nurse anesthetist in a war zone within the War on Terror, through his three deployments. His journey to his military career and experiencing war was influenced by his first generational French Canadian father, with his six brothers, along with his mother's two first generational Italian brothers who all served in World War II. He experienced the tribulations of growing up in the 1950s and '60s in a multicultural "Greatest Generation" family, which had a strong sense and pride of military service. Eddie early on experienced learning disabilities, which were not initially recognized, while being the first in his father's family to graduate from college. Eddie met his wife, Patricia, in college, in the nursing program that they both matriculated. Their marriage is blessed with five daughters and eleven grandchildren. This journey explores the decisions and difficulties from a young childhood through adulthood into his post military career. His committing to both a military and civilian career while navigating the difficulties of three deployments both in the war zone and multiple serious issues at home. It is a story of belief in self, determination, the love of a spouse and family, his military family and friendships, along with the advantages available to each of us if we trust in God and Country, all the while willing to work for what we believe we can accomplish. This is his story of not only of war and the issues of separation from family, but how he developed his desire to serve in uniform from the very beginning.

Long Journey Home
Long Journey Home

Author: Michael R Hurwitz

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2024-04-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Charles T. Kruse of St. Marys, Ohio began his Civil War journey walking the boards of the steamboat being built in Cincinnati, Ohio in the late summer of 1862. Both Charley and that ill-fated steamboat were launched into a series of events that would bring them back together at the war's end. Through heartbreak and humor, pathos and persistence, the tragedies of war saw Charley survive Andersonville only to die on the Sultana that fateful day April 27, 1865. Finally on his way home, his journey was cut short, but his story lives on through the hundreds of letters he wrote documenting first-hand his Civil War experiences as a soldier in Ohio's 50th Volunteer Infantry. Read not only his letters, but how Michael Hurwitz breathed life into those letters, putting Charley's story on stage as a dramatic reopening of St. Marys Grand Opera House/Theater. Charley had finally come home! Included in this book is the script for the one-act play as well as the story that led to writing the play and bringing this historic opera house back to life.

The Long Walk
The Long Walk

Author: Brian Castner

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2012-07-10

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 0385536216

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In the tradition of Michael Herr’s Dispatches and works by such masters of the memoir as Mary Karr and Tobias Wolff, a powerful account of war and homecoming. Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them as the commander of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit in Iraq. Days and nights he and his team—his brothers—would venture forth in heavily armed convoys from their Forward Operating Base to engage in the nerve-racking yet strangely exhilarating work of either disarming the deadly improvised explosive devices that had been discovered, or picking up the pieces when the alert came too late. They relied on an army of remote-controlled cameras and robots, but if that technology failed, a technician would have to don the eighty-pound Kevlar suit, take the Long Walk up to the bomb, and disarm it by hand. This lethal game of cat and mouse was, and continues to be, the real war within America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But The Long Walk is not just about battle itself. It is also an unflinching portrayal of the toll war exacts on the men and women who are fighting it. When Castner returned home to his wife and family, he began a struggle with a no less insidious foe, an unshakable feeling of fear and confusion and survivor’s guilt that he terms The Crazy. His thrilling, heartbreaking, stunningly honest book immerses the reader in two harrowing and simultaneous realities: the terror and excitement and camaraderie of combat, and the lonely battle against the enemy within—the haunting memories that will not fade, the survival instincts that will not switch off. After enduring what he has endured, can there ever again be such a thing as “normal”? The Long Walk will hook you from the very first sentence, and it will stay with you long after its final gripping page has been turned.

The Long Way Home
The Long Way Home

Author: M. Gary Neuman

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2013-03-05

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 0470450274

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How adults can heal the pain caused by their parents' divorce?from New York Times bestselling author Gary Neuman Millions of adults were children of divorce?and while a few have found closure and healing, many continue to struggle with the trauma of their parents' divorce, commonly even 20, 30, or 40 years after it happened. If you are experiencing some of the common reactions to divorce, including issues of trust, ongoing sadness, and the feeling that you can't shake your past, then you are likely still suffering from the pain of your parents' divorce. This book is designed to help you rebuild your past, regardless of how long you have felt unable to do so. Licensed family counselor Gary Neuman has worked successfully with many adult survivors of parental divorce. In this book, he presents a new, proven program to help you see and understand your past in order to let go of the pain of your parents' divorce and transform both your present and your future. Presents a proven, 4-step process that will help you re-experience your past and understand it in a new, more objective way Guides you through major issues that can affect adult survivors of divorce, such as finding peace with your parents and getting comfortable with love Written by the New York Times bestselling author of The Truth About Cheating and Helping Your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way

The Long Road Home
The Long Road Home

Author: Vernon E. Davis

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 652

ISBN-13:

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The Long Road Home is a companion work to the recently published book on the prisoner of war experience in Southeast Asia-Honor Bound by Stuart I. Rochester and Frederick Kiley. The two books were prepared at the request of former Deputy Secretary of Defense William P. Clements, Jr. Some of the early research and drafts of a few chapters are the contribution of Wilber W Hoare, Jr., and Ernest H. Giusti, former JCS historians who helped initiate the project. Davis carried forward the research and writing to completion over a period of many years and is entitled to the fullest credit for production of the final text and documentation. This history of Washington's role in shaping prisoner of war policy during the Vietnam War reveals the difficult, often emotional, and vexing nature of a problem that engaged the attention of the highest officials of the U.S. government, including the president. It examines frictions and disagreements between the State and Defense Departments and within Defense itself as a sometimes conflicted organization struggled to cope with an imposing array of policy issues: efforts to ameliorate the brutal conditions to which the American captives were subjected; relations with families of prisoners in captivity; the proper mix of quiet diplomacy and aggressive publicity; and planning for the prisoners' return. At a pivotal juncture the Department of Defense exerted a major influence on overall policy through its insistence in 1969 that the government "Go Public" with information about the plight of prisoners held by the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong. There is evidence that this powerful campaign contributed to the gradual improvement in the treatment of the prisoners and to their safe return in 1973. The detailed account of negotiations with the North Vietnamese for the withdrawal of American forces from South Vietnam makes clear how important in all U.S. calculations was securing the release of the prisoners.

The Long Road Home Stories of the Civil War and other Struggles
The Long Road Home Stories of the Civil War and other Struggles

Author: Morgan Gates

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-03-05

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 1387641034

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A collection of historical short fiction centered around Mississippi and surrounding areas. Stories span the early history up to Civil War. The last train ride for an exhausted soldier determined to see the War out. A trinket sends a message over the gulf of time. An act of kindness form a man he barely knew or something else. A desperate odyssey at the end of a brutal war. A wild animal's miscalculation, with lasting consequence. The dusty march to Vicksburg through the eyes of a private soldier. General Pemberton's last stroll around Vicksburg.