My grandfather's WWII POW memoir
There's an article today in The Journal News about WWII veterans, including my grandfather, Norman Bussel, who just finished his memoir about his experiences as a POW (his agent will be shopping it around soon but if anyone wants more information, please email me at rachelkramerbussel at gmail.com)
But wars and their aftermath have a way of creating their own similarities, especially among those who survive them, and today Bussel feels a connection to the young men and women returning home from fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. Those connections were on full display at a ceremony yesterday at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs center in Montrose, honoring prisoners of war.
Bussel, a navigator whose bomber was shot down on a raid over Berlin, said he hoped recent veterans would get the right services they need to carry on with their lives. As a veteran, he said, he understood the complexities involved in readjusting to civilian life after combat.
"We get vets coming back from Iraq I can relate to," said Bussel, a resident of Mohegan Lake, "There are invisible wounds that you carry for the rest of your life." He recently completed a book about his experiences as a POW called "Liberated Body, Captive Mind," a work he hoped might provide information to families with returning combat veterans.
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