Danny Boy was running through my head. But these lyrics were about surviving after. And what Danny was holding in his hand was probably a pistol to his head. Suicide is very common among those with PTSD.
My only uncle who was a veteran from WWI, certainly had what was described as "shell shock." But he wasn't anywhere in the trenches. As a medic, he was in a North Carolina hospital treating soldiers who came back with hideous wounds and amputations. And then along came the Spanish flu to an to his misery.
He got rich during the 20s only to lose it all in 29. Became a miser collecting coins and amassed a fortune in coin sets until the 1950s, abusing his wife and children, until my aunt had him put away in a veteran's hospital.
A further collection of poems, many from years in the Middle East, but also the California San Francisco and Central Coast areas (Santa Cruz, Carmel, Big Sur, Berkeley, etc.).
First Edition Translation of Teselas by Carmen Crespo X111 César Simón Poetry Prixe 2016 Translated from Spanish by Robin Ouzman Hislop and Amparo Arrospíde
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My only uncle who was a veteran from WWI, certainly had what was described as "shell shock." But he wasn't anywhere in the trenches. As a medic, he was in a North Carolina hospital treating soldiers who came back with hideous wounds and amputations. And then along came the Spanish flu to an to his misery.
He got rich during the 20s only to lose it all in 29. Became a miser collecting coins and amassed a fortune in coin sets until the 1950s, abusing his wife and children, until my aunt had him put away in a veteran's hospital.
Ron