On this Veterans' Day I want to remember my Dad, Robert P. Coughlin, and his brothers, Bill, Jack, and Fran, all World War II vets (all survived the war, all now deceased, two of them very damaged in spirit by their service).
Also, my Uncles Dick and Don Fitzpatrick, also World War II vets, also damaged in spirit by the war.
And Tommy Fitzpatrick, my cousin, who died in Vietnam in 1969; my Notre Dame and Innsbruck classmate, Steve Shields, who died in Vietnam in 1972.
And Michelle Zaremba, my niece, who fought in Iraq, and has fought (successfully) some PTSD demons.
"Dear Lord, bring just and lasting peace to the World!"
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