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Memorial Day Thread
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Indeed.
Yesterday, at my college graduation, all veterans were asked to stand and be recognized (students, faculty, staff, guests, etc). This sort of thing happens more and more at public events these days. I believe it's a very good thing.
As a community college teacher, I tend to see a lot of young, returning vets. Some are quiet about their experiences, some seem unfazed and some are full of bravado. I have to admit, I worry most about the quiet ones.
I am affiliated with a group called "High Performance Heros" (HPH) started by my old pal, Dave Thomas. HPH attempts to allow young returning veterans who are injured to get involved in motorsports. One of our success stories is ~Sgt. Liam Dwyer~ who lost part of his limbs in an IED attack. Liam is now a pro-driver. HPH has three Sprites they use for training. On a number of occasions, I've been asked to do lead-follows with Liam to teach him the lines at Summit Point, Pitt-Race and the Shenley event at Pittsburgh. He's a great guy and it was an honor to work with him.
Dave is now working with a Sgt. Pat Brown who has more severe injuries than Liam. HPH had some challenges with adaptive controls for him when we were just at Summit Point, but Pat will get there eventually.
~High Performance Heros~
Finally, here's a shot of my father-in-law (and favorite veteran), Paul about to take off for his tour of Europe in the '40s. You can almost see the worry in his parents faces. Paul landed at Normandy Beach and rode through France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Austria and Germany. He learned to speak French as a young child, which was useful during his Army tour. Paul saw a lot of the horrors of war including one of the concentration camps, but for whatever reason, will only talk to me about it. He's now 93 and has some serious health problems. He lives in a nursing home about 2 miles from me so we visit him all the time.
Yesterday, at my college graduation, all veterans were asked to stand and be recognized (students, faculty, staff, guests, etc). This sort of thing happens more and more at public events these days. I believe it's a very good thing.
As a community college teacher, I tend to see a lot of young, returning vets. Some are quiet about their experiences, some seem unfazed and some are full of bravado. I have to admit, I worry most about the quiet ones.
I am affiliated with a group called "High Performance Heros" (HPH) started by my old pal, Dave Thomas. HPH attempts to allow young returning veterans who are injured to get involved in motorsports. One of our success stories is ~Sgt. Liam Dwyer~ who lost part of his limbs in an IED attack. Liam is now a pro-driver. HPH has three Sprites they use for training. On a number of occasions, I've been asked to do lead-follows with Liam to teach him the lines at Summit Point, Pitt-Race and the Shenley event at Pittsburgh. He's a great guy and it was an honor to work with him.
Dave is now working with a Sgt. Pat Brown who has more severe injuries than Liam. HPH had some challenges with adaptive controls for him when we were just at Summit Point, but Pat will get there eventually.
~High Performance Heros~
Finally, here's a shot of my father-in-law (and favorite veteran), Paul about to take off for his tour of Europe in the '40s. You can almost see the worry in his parents faces. Paul landed at Normandy Beach and rode through France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Austria and Germany. He learned to speak French as a young child, which was useful during his Army tour. Paul saw a lot of the horrors of war including one of the concentration camps, but for whatever reason, will only talk to me about it. He's now 93 and has some serious health problems. He lives in a nursing home about 2 miles from me so we visit him all the time.
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Capt (sel) Tammy Archuleta was a friend and classmate of my Son's. They were in AF ROTC together at UNM.
