Veterans share their stories with students
Editor:
As a Korean War veteran and the state president of the Korean War Veterans
Association in West Virginia, I was honored to have recently participated in
Sen. Jay Rockefeller's West Virginia Cable Telecommunications
Association-sponsored "Take a Veteran to School Day." The events I attended were
held at South Charleston High School and Chapmanville Regional High School; two
of 12 programs that took place in West Virginia around Veterans Day 2008, and
supported by local cable operators Suddenlink Communications,
Comcast and Time
Warner Cable.
This program helped the teachers and students of South Charleston and
Chapmanville hear my memories - my history. Along with the stories that I told,
other veterans from WWII to Iraqi Freedom spoke candidly about their military
service. Like me, these fellow veterans do not consider themselves heroes, but
our stories need to be shared as a gentle reminder that "freedom is not free."
I thank the association for their support of this program. Like my wartime
memories, this was truly an experience I will never forget.
Frank Goff - St. Albans
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