Wartime Memories

By Dr. Zoe Simmons

Besides Christmas, I would have to say that the Fourth of July is one of my favorite holidays, not to mention it is my birthday.

I remember growing up and my father taking me to see fireworks, always telling me that they were just for me. That the world was celebrating my birthday.

Jack Dale Asher entered the US Army August 17, 1949 at Evansville, Indiana. He was attached to the 3rd. Armored Division and served his basic training at Fort Knox, KY. From there, he was assigned to Fort Benning, Ga. where he served as an M.P.

By Louis MeDoupe, MD

His face underwent an incredible metamorphosis as I entered the room.

I knew from the nurse’s note that he suffered from a painful and swollen knee, and as I drew back the examining room's curtain, his appearance fit such a man. He was about seventy years old, and his wizened visage was drawn up into a grimace that seemed to have been there long enough to carve deep furrows into his face and brow.

By Kathy Warnes

One of America's bravest war heroes never fired a shot at the enemy that he helped conquer. His picture doesn't stare from the history books and he doesn't lie in Arlington National Cemetery. But Private John Kissinger of Huntington, Indiana, made an invaluable contribution to American health.

In the words of his commanding officer, Major Walter Reed, "In my opinion his exhibition of moral courage has never been surpassed in the annals of the Army of the United States."