S01E34 Essay by Gerry Shields, Politics of Sacrifice

Remembering Those Who Died – And Those Who Survived

      Many Silently Carry Physical and Psychological War Wounds

 

May 30, 2021 – Though Memorial Day honors those lost in the war, the Retail Politics Podcast with Gerry Shields took time to remember and reflect on the wounded who survived.

 

“It isn’t just the 378,000 Americans who died in wars over the last 80 years,” Shields said. “But, also, the one million wounded, many who came home crippled without limbs carrying emotional and psychological scars.”

 

And what is your most memorable war movie? We discuss.

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