Tag: Hospitalized Veterans Writing Project
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"The Snow Man" by Lyle Shaffer
ABOVE: WWII Veteran Lyle Shaffer at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Orlando, FL, May 26, 2010.
Read "The Snow Man" an original story by WWII Veteran Lyle Shaffer resident at the Orlando VA Medical Center and participant in the Hospitalized Veterans Wr ... Read
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"Old Baldy Hill" by Louis Toth
A firsthand account from the Korean War as written by TSGT Louis Toth, US Army Paratrooper. Nationally recognized for his award winning stories, Veteran Toth resides at the Orlando VA Community Living Center and participated in the Hospitalized Veterans W ... Read
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"A Request" by Lou Toth
WWII Veteran and German Prisoner of War Lou Toth's original story of military life. Veteran Toth, TSGT Louis Toth, U.S. Army Paratrooper, served in WWII, the Korean War, and retired as a Master Sergeant from the United States Army. During WWII he landed o ... Read
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"My Life As a Merchant" by Lyle Shaffer
ABOVE: WWII Veteran Lyle Shaffer at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Orlando, FL, May 26, 2010.
Listen to "My Life as a Merchant", a first person memoir by WWII Veteran Lyle Shaffer recorded on May 26, 2010. Veteran Shaffer resides at the Orlando VA Comm ... Read
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"The Neighborhood" by Lyle Shaffer
ABOVE: WWII Veteran Lyle Shaffer at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Orlando, FL, May 26, 2010.
Original story by WWII Veteran Lyle Shaffer about his memories of his Central Florida neighborhood on Sybelia Avenue in Matiland. He recalls his neighbors inc ... Read
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Letter from John L. Mica, Member of Congress to Louis Toth, World War II Veteran
June 1st, 2009 letter from Congress of the United States House of Representatives, John L. Mica, Member of Congress to Mr. Louis Toth, World War II Veteran, regarding Veteran Toth's stories and valuable history of WWII events. Rep. Mica states, "It is i ... Read
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WWII Veteran and German Prisoner of War Lou Toth Interview
Veteran Toth, TSGT Louis Toth, US Army Paratrooper, served in WWII, the Korean War, and retired as a Master Sergeant in the United States Army. During WWII he landed on Utah Beach and was taken prisoner of war by the Germans in Normandy. He shares his war ... Read
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"A Jewish Child in Nazi Germany" by Walter Reinhold
ABOVE: WWII Veteran Walter Reinhold at the A Medical Center in Orlando, FL May 26th, 2010.
First person account of Kristallnacht and life in Nazi Germany by WWII Veteran and Orlando resident Walter Reinhold. Veteran Reinhold resides at the Orlando VA Com ... Read
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