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Twin Flames
Twin Flames
Casualties of War
In 1860, thousands of American boys and men left home and went off to war against each other. By 1866, the American Civil War was finally ended, and some eight-hundred thousand of those boys and men never returned. It was to be the largest number of American soldiers killed in any war that followed.
December 11, 1941, Japan attacked the US Navel Base in Hawaii, and the United States was thrust into World War II. By the time the war would end in both Europe and the Pacific, some 500, 000 American soldiers would never return.
1960, the United States, in the midst of the cold war with the USSR, had chosen Vietnam as a stopping point for the Soviet led spread of communism. The US continued to escalate their involvement for ten years, before pressure from the people forced President Nixon to withdrawal our forces. In those ten years, 50,000 young men lost their lives, some never to return to US soil.
But, the casualties of any war do not end with the count of caskets draped with the stars and stripes. There are also the mothers, wives, and children left behind …
… And the countless young lovers who are often left to grieve quietly alone.
Dedicated to my oldest brother
Corporal Robert Eugene Tibbs (1928-1950)
US Army, 1st Cavalry Division.
Killed in Korea by hostile enemy fire ...
... And to a girl named Eiko, who none of us would ever know.
Casualties of War
In 1860, thousands of American boys and men left home and went off to war against each other. By 1866, the American Civil War was finally ended, and some eight-hundred thousand of those boys and men never returned. It was to be the largest number of American soldiers killed in any war that followed.
December 11, 1941, Japan attacked the US Navel Base in Hawaii, and the United States was thrust into World War II. By the time the war would end in both Europe and the Pacific, some 500, 000 American soldiers would never return.
1960, the United States, in the midst of the cold war with the USSR, had chosen Vietnam as a stopping point for the Soviet led spread of communism. The US continued to escalate their involvement for ten years, before pressure from the people forced President Nixon to withdrawal our forces. In those ten years, 50,000 young men lost their lives, some never to return to US soil.
But, the casualties of any war do not end with the count of caskets draped with the stars and stripes. There are also the mothers, wives, and children left behind …
… And the countless young lovers who are often left to grieve quietly alone.
Dedicated to my oldest brother
Corporal Robert Eugene Tibbs (1928-1950)
US Army, 1st Cavalry Division.
Killed in Korea by hostile enemy fire ...
... And to a girl named Eiko, who none of us would ever know.
300 pages, Hard Cover
First published January 1, 2010
About the author
W. David Tibbs
2 books10 followersW. David Tibbs was born in Middletown, Ohio. He and his wife, Estella Conarroe, raised two children, Kristopher and Nicole. Tibbs lives near Las Vegas, Nevada, where he remains happily married after thirty-nine years.
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