"I knew
I had to go." These are the words of Frederick Stilson,
a veteran of World War I, but they echo the words spoken by
thousands of veterans whose stories are gathered in the Veterans
History
Project. The sense of obligation, honestly and not grudgingly
felt, is a thread running through many of the stories in this
chapter.
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Detail
from a Portrait Postcard of Vincent Reed in France, World War I (page
14) |
{ ONE MAN'S
STORY }
WARREN TSUNEISHI | Born on the Forth of July, named after an American
President, raised by his immigrant parents to believe that
he was truly an American, Warren Tsuneishi had so many reasons
to answer the call when the United States entered World War
II. There was, on the other hand, the matter of where his
family would be spending the war: in an internment camp 870
miles away from their home. |
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more about Warren Tsuneishi (pages
54-57)
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to other stories featured in Chapter One
* Page numbers refer to the pages in
Voices of War on which the veteran appears. |
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“You
want to be part of American history.” – Max
Cleland
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"...We were our own band of brothers... we were alone"
Senator
Max Cleland's story
(pages 19-21)
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"I
didn't want to be in Germany when there was a war
going on in
Vietnam."
Senator
Chuck Hagel's story
(pages 18-19, 39, 52-53) |
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"I
think we had a harder time competing against [the F.B.I.]
than we did against the Germans..."
Rafael
Hirtz's story
(pages 16, 46-47) |
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"We
ran out of bandages ... and had to use the Stars & Stripes
newspaper ..."
Jeanne
Urbin Markle's story
(pages 23, 30, 52) |
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"...
the same respect that they would have treated their own
soldiers."
Vincent
Cornelius Reed's story
(pages 14, 15, 31) |
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"Sherman
was right,
'War is Hell,'..."
Frederick
Clarence Stilson's story
(pages 17, 33, 45)
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{ ADDITIONAL FEATURED STORIES }
Rep.
Joe Baca (page 30)
Rep.
Steve Buyer (pages 31,
42, 44)
Isabelle
Cedar Cook (pages 23,
38-39)
Denton
W. Crocker (pages 26-27,
44)
John
Enman (pages 32, 50, 51)
Mary
Sheldon Gill (pages
29-30, 36)
Violet Askins Hill Gordon
(pages 22, 29, 34, 41-42, 49-50)
Jeanne
Holm (pages 30, 41)
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Walter
Morris (pages 22-23)
Irving
Oblas (page 38)
Robert
Lee Olen (page 41)
Joanne
Palella (pages 25-26, 52)
Rhona Knox Prescott (page 23)
Sally Hitchcock Pullman
(pages 27-28, 34, 50)
Nathaniel
G. Raley (pages 26, 45)
Sidney Algernon Riches, Sr. (page 43)
Rep.
Edward Schrock (page 43) |
Patricia
M. Seawalt (page 35)
Ben
M. Snyder (pages 39, 49,
50)
Joseph Steinbacher (page 40)
Paul Alexander Steppe, Jr.
(pages 37, 43, 45)
Malcolm Harvey Stilson (pages 18, 53)
Tracy
A. Sugarman (pages 21-22,
48)
Marie Brand Voltzke (page 53)
James
Walsh (pages 28-29)
Ronald Winter (pages 39-40, 52) |
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