Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Veteran's Day
In case you didn't notice there is an apostrophe before the "s" therefore showing possession to any veteran in this country. To many this holiday just goes on then to others it is glorious. Anywho, back to the main point of what this post should be about. Cpl. Antonio Acevedo fought in WWII for the Americans as a medic. In the duration of his time served he was captured by Nazi militia and sent to 3 concentration camps. To survive those three camps and survive a death march of over 200 miles in 3 weeks in the blistering cold is a feat amongst others. The problem after surviving all this terror and horror was that he wasn't allowed to speak out about it and had to keep his emotions boxed in. He lived many years under scrutiny of his father that called him a coward and wasn't able to tell the stories he had lived and survived. The affidavit was not fair to Cpl. Acevedo and made him live a life of boxed in emotions. On yesterdays holiday the fighting efforts of Cpl. Acevedo and all that have fought for this glorious country should be recognized and celebrated.
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I like your response. You got to the main points and made it very clear on what was going on. I think that it took a lot of effort for him to keep quiet. Good job on the response.
You did a good job summarizing what the article was about. I agreed with everything you said. It must have been really hard for him to have to keep all his emotions inside and not be able to confide in anyone.
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