KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
Special to the New Hampshire Union Leader
LONDONDERRY — Bill Graser likes to retell a story first related to him by Sam Masessa, a Korean war veteran and fellow resident of The Nevins Retirement Community in Londonderry.
“China had come into the war on the side of North Korea,” Graser recalled. “They were in position, waiting to attack, and our own tanks opened fire. It was so loud that Sam lost his hearing.
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iUniverse author William R. Graser talks about his book, Veterans’ Reflections: History Preserved, along with his event, iPODS for Wounded Veterans, to be held during Veterans Day Weekend.
Mr. Graser’s comments below come from his interview in The Portsmouth Review, by Rebecca Skane, from July 7 of this year, found at http://portsmouthreview.com/interview-local-author-william-r-graser/ .
Tell us a little bit about yourself .
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Of my parent’s seven children four chose to serve our country in the military. My oldest brother Bob, served in the US Navy; my younger brother Howard served in the US Army, and my oldest sister Doris served in the US Navy and I was recruited by the US Army Security Agency in 1965 and served my country in Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Germany, occupied West Berlin, and the US Army Security Agency’s headquarters at Arlington Hall Station, Arlington,
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Captain Martin Gelb described himself as a “wise-guy kid from Brooklyn.” His years of service (1942-45) included missions behind enemy lines throughout Europe as a member of the OSS. Read his complete story in Veterans’ Reflections: History Preserved.
March 30, 2016
Service members who serve or have served in Iraq or Syria as part of Operation Inherent Resolve will receive the Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal. The award is retroactive to June 15, 2014, and is for service members based in Iraq or Syria, those who flew missions over those countries, and those who served in contiguous waters for 30 consecutive days or 60 nonconsecutive days. The award distinctly recognizes service members battling terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria.
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JULY 28, 2016 ~ VETERANS REFLECTIONS ~ EDIT
Vietnam veteran and self-published author Bill Graser has written a new collection of war stories told by local veterans.
“Veterans’ Reflections: History Preserved” tells the stories of 60 veterans, many of them living in Londonderry and Derry, starting with World War II and continuing through Afghanistan.
“I took their stories and weaved them into the historical overview of whatever conflict or war they were involved in,” he said.
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World War II was the last global war of the twentieth century. The United States-Soviet alliance of 1941-1945 was marked by a great degree of cooperation and was essential to securing the defeat of Nazi Germany.
Without the remarkable efforts of the Soviet Union on the eastern front, the United States and Great Britain would have been hard-pressed to score a decisive military victory over Hitler’s Germany. In the Pacific War, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, India,
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NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND BEYOND – REVIEWS OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL ARTS
INTERVIEW WITH LOCAL AUTHOR WILLIAM R. GRASER
REBECCA SKANE NEW ENGLAND AUTHORS
July 7, 2016
Londonderry resident William R. Graser has recorded the accounts of 60 U.S. veterans in his new book Veterans’ Reflections: History Preserved.
Tell me a little bit about who you are and where you live.
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Keep rewriting until its perfect and employ an editor, any editor. Everyone makes typos and grammatical errors. I am no exception; it’s not a lack of skill or knowledge that’s to blame, just a tunnel vision that means glaring mistakes slip by.
Always carry a note-book and keep a pencil near your favorite seat. You never know when a new line or a great idea will present itself. Commit it to paper immediately, or it will be lost forever.
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