Hancock: The best stories veterans carry with them

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Soldiers' Stories on Veterans Day

All Veterans have sacrified for their country and put their homeland first. Recent veterans rarely want to talk about their experiences in war and even old vets have a difficult time sharing such life-changing losses and extremes lived on a daily basis. As a result, I often share one man’s experience to give a feel for the experiences that are often beyond words. Like many veterans, my father would never talk about it-but the journal of his Division spoke for him and others to give us a clue. Those who experience or see the unspeakable happenings of war-can often only share memories in sacred common ground. The place and the time may be different, but the suffering and challenges are timeless and it is important for us to remember their sacrifices.It was December, 1944 when the Battle of the Bulge started. My father, Edward Guerrero, part of the 94th Division, known as “Patton’s Golden Nugget” under General George S.