Moderator EMEDPA Posted June 27, 2015 Moderator Share Posted June 27, 2015 I saw a really nice WW2 vet today(served in pacific theater, airborne) with a hand lac who had never been to the WW2 memorial in DC. I was there last week and showed him some pictures. He said he would like to see it someday and I printed up info for him on the honor flights, which send vets to DC for free to see their monuments. cool program. check it out. http://www.honorflight.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted June 27, 2015 Administrator Share Posted June 27, 2015 On my clinical rotations at Portland VA, I had the honor of working up new onset afib in a gentleman who got up for church on December 7th and saw the first bombs fall on Hickam. That was cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UGoLong Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 There are not many of those guys still alive; cherish them. My Dad is one of them and turns 95 in about a week. He and my Mom were there as volunteers when the WWII Memorial was dedicated in DC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliB Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 My sister-in-law has a WWII vet as a patient. She says her entire day gets significantly behind on days he comes in -- but it's well worth the extra time she and the other staff spend with him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyNameWasUsed Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I had the pleasure of caring for an elderly woman who presented to the ED a couple weeks ago. She told me she was living in Germany at the age of 5 when the war began and numerous other stories about the war and post war when American and European soldiers were occupying her region/town. She married an American soldier and move to here in her 20s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHU-CH Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 When I was full time in the ER we used to have WWII vets every now and then. I am a bit of a history buff so I loved speaking with them. Men and women of that generation were tough as nails, didn't complain and made it happen. When they show up in the ER you are pretty much guaranteed there is something big wrong - they don't show up for hangnails. I don't know if we will ever have another generation like them. God willing, there will never be a need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.