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Ruth Whipple Crocker (born December 10, 1946) is an American writer and author of the memoir Those Who Remain: Remembrance and Reunion After War, which began as a Pushcart Prize-nominated essay in O-Dark-Thirty.
Veterans Day – Why We Need War Stories. Veterans Day , 1968, was the last time I saw my beloved husband, Captain David R. Crocker, Jr. He left Connecticut for the war in Vietnam from the tiny Groton Municipal Airport in Groton, Connecticut at 7:00am on November 11, 1968. The first time I met the survivors of Alpha Company of the 2/22 Infantry ...
18. Jan. 2021 · Ruth & Dave Crocker, in Wildflecken, Germany 1968 When our plane touched down at Rhine-Main Air Base near the city of Frankfurt, Germany, the first thing I noticed outside my window seat was a multitude of vertical cranes, moving in every direction, lifting and swinging massive steel beams and lumber.
About Ruth “I grew up in a nursing home – the family business – perhaps that enlarged my perspective about why we should do what we want while we can. Growing up among old people and then losing my husband in the Vietnam War in 1969 provided me with an early education about grief and resilience.” Today, Ruth is focused on writing, and teaching the writing process, especially with ...
13. Mai 2014 · Those Who Remain: Remembrance and Reunion After War. Paperback – Illustrated, May 13, 2014. by Ruth W W Crocker (Author) 4.4 43 ratings. See all formats and editions. In this compelling memoir, a secret is revealed long after the battlefield death of a beloved and courageous army officer.
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9. März 2014 · Ruth W. Crocker's essays and other nonfiction writing have been recognised in Best American Essays and as a finalist for the Literary Awards Program of the Santa Fe Writers Project. She is the author of several magazine and journal articles that have appeared in The Gettysburg Review, Grace Magazine, O-Dark-Thirty, T.A.P.S. Magazine ...
Those Who Remain by Ruth W. Crocker | Books in Review. On May 17, 1969, a North Vietnamese booby trap killed Army Captain David Rockwell Crocker, Jr., the commander of Alpha Company, 22nd Infantry, and three of his men.
