Here is a picture of where some of my father's ashes are at the Veterans Cemetery in Rhode Island.
Tony fought in the Korean War as a combat medic.
He never once in my hearing said a patriotic or religious thing, called enemy soldiers "unlucky bastards" like himself & said if I'd been old enough he would have told me to avoid Vietnam.
Here is some of what Tony wrote about war---"One thing that I learned is that the young men who fought in our wars should never be forgotten…Another fact I learned…is that millions may serve but far fewer fight. So, in reality, for many who have served, war is a glory-and-gory myth that feeds on its own legends and publicity.…Another truth I learned is that civilians are combatants in war–embattled victims perpetually on a losing side….That brings us to the biggest deception: The need to be ready defend our freedom if we are to keep it. Those who say that freedom has a price are absolutely right, and wrong: International conflict today is beyond ideology. The only freedom American and Russian leaders offer their people today is the freedom to kill ourselves in the name of freedom. This is not freedom, but allegiance to a suicidal death culture….Today, we are servile to our masters, mistaking economic well-being for true freedom, which is the freedom to live hopefully and not to die needlessly.”
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Tony fought in the Korean War as a combat medic.
He never once in my hearing said a patriotic or religious thing, called enemy soldiers "unlucky bastards" like himself & said if I'd been old enough he would have told me to avoid Vietnam.
Here is some of what Tony wrote about war---"One thing that I learned is that the young men who fought in our wars should never be forgotten…Another fact I learned…is that millions may serve but far fewer fight. So, in reality, for many who have served, war is a glory-and-gory myth that feeds on its own legends and publicity.…Another truth I learned is that civilians are combatants in war–embattled victims perpetually on a losing side….That brings us to the biggest deception: The need to be ready defend our freedom if we are to keep it. Those who say that freedom has a price are absolutely right, and wrong: International conflict today is beyond ideology. The only freedom American and Russian leaders offer their people today is the freedom to kill ourselves in the name of freedom. This is not freedom, but allegiance to a suicidal death culture….Today, we are servile to our masters, mistaking economic well-being for true freedom, which is the freedom to live hopefully and not to die needlessly.”
Please follow me on Instagram. My user name is Neil_Aquino. Please read all of NeilAquino.com
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