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An
american soldier told about his war day by day, from hell
of Omaha to Hurtgen, in the ranks of the Big Red One |
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John
F. Mickey was American, he was 35 in 1944 and lived
in Michigan. He did enlisted in september 1943, he thought
he could do some "job" in this war. When he
enlisted he was not expected for that kind of life :
the long separation from loved one, the horror of war,
and even hunger and thirst. All along the fightings
he took notes, and many years later he decided to write
about sixty pages. John F. Mickey passed away in 1989.
With his son's permission, his memories are told there.
It is the experience of a "common" man who
believed in some human valours, and who fight for them
from the beaches of Normandy to the Hurtgen forest,
in Germany, where he had been wounded.
(John
F. Mickey's memories - 1944/1945) |
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Episode
29 : Last episode
A
letter to my son and grandson By
John F. Mickey |
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Don’t
envy the man in uniform, it is not what he wore every day.
If you were spared for any good reason, thank God. The veterans
of wars were promised a lot but they are forgotten now. The
voice of : “ we will never forget you ” had died
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small severance pay was little sum for what they had
given of themselves in combat. Maybe that is how it
should be. The promise of job seniority did not qualify
a man because he fought in the war. The veterans who
put the war behind to move on, to making a place for
himself with determination to succeed is bet-ter off.
Feeling sorry for himself accomplished nothing. Too
many veterans expect the government to retire them with
a pension and medical care. In the lobbies of veterans
out-patient care hospital are hundreds of young men
of all wars, looking for a hand out. |
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F. Mickey dans les années 80 (DR) |
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Most probably never saw combat duty… but they
are veterans of a war. So, under different presidents
there have cutbacks and who suffers the most? The elderly
men of World War II who need help the most because of
their age and inability to be productive. It is now
45 years since World War II, most do not remember and
most couldn’t care less what happened then. The
subject of American History is of no interest to the
high school or college students. Love your fellow man,
think peace and pray it will never happen again. If
it does, take my advice, don’t pick the infantry,
don’t wait to be drafted.
Amen.
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