Virginia Irvine Blocker, M.D.
This book originated in 1945 from my acquaintance with a group of young combat patients from the plastic surgery service of the Wakeman General Hospital. As I listened to them swapping yarns of their combat days, comparing notes, and bragging on their outfits, I began to see the war not as headlines in the newspapers but as Peter's war, Harry's war, and Hewett's war.
To the soldier, the war is not an abstraction made up of military tactics and campaigns; it is a way of living strictly regimented and subordinated to a particular "line of duty" laid down for him. But within the bounds of regimentation I could see that these young men had found great adventure.The boys were enthusiastic about the idea, and they were eager to have a permanent record of both their combat and their hospital experiences. As one said, "We ought to put down everything we did in the war so that we'll have something to show our grandchildren, so the book grew to be a sampling of case histories from a variety of personalities, branches of the service, theaters of operation, and types of injuries sustained.
It was by accident and not by design that I chose from the patients six men who had been given the Silver Star for "bravery above and beyond the call of duty." No matter how great their physical hardships, how terrible their experiences, how severe their deformities, these particular boys all came out with sound minds and high morale. I recorded the stories in the boys' own words exactly as they told them to me without any changes or additions for literary effect.
These boys have been my friends, and this is their book. To them, as the generals say in their farewell speeches, "Goodbye, good luck, and Godspeed!”
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He came to the western frontier under a cloud and under an assumed name, a man seriously in debt, fleeing a murder indictment with nothing but the clothes on his back and a beautiful woman some called a “Devil” on his arm. His name was Samuel May Williams. And in time, although he would risk all in the service of Texas, he would become the most controversial, the most hated, and the most misunderstood character to walk the pages of Texas history.
Forsaken Patriot is the story of a remarkable life, a man who was viewed by many as a scoundrel and by others as a patriot. Father of the Texas Navy, he also built a mercantile empire, created the first bank in Texas, and spearheaded development of the port city of Galveston which, in his time, was the richest city per capita in the United States.
After all Sam Williams accomplished for Texas, it is ironic that no street, school, park, county, building or monument in a city or in the state bears his name.
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Gordon Blocker has a 52 year award-winning track record for film, video, photography, multi-media, animation, special effects, interactive, SEO, writing, design and system solutions. Blocker is joined by award-winning graphics and branding designers, film, photography, drone and music production professionals, a trademark firm and other SEO/SEM consultants.
Blocker’s clients include national and international commercial and non-profit organizations including foundations, corporations and museums. A partial listing of clients include: American Airlines, Electronic Data Systems, Merck Pharmaceutical, Macromedia, The Moody Foundation, BOC Healthcare, The Northen Endowment, Tandy Corporation, John Denver, SimuFlite, Director Stephen Ives, The Dallas Convention Bureau, The Woodlands Corporation, The Image Bank, KHOU-TV (CBS), Harris and Eliza Kempner Fund, Metropolitan Life Insurance, Reality Interactive, Dahlberg, The Meadows Foundation, Trammel Crow Company, Sara Lee, Coca-Cola, Earthgrains, Homart, Lincoln Properties, WNET (New York), American Heart Association, The Institute of Endocrinology and Preventive Medicine, United Way, The National Cancer Institute, MIT, Hyatt Regency, ZZ Top, Northrup Grumman and SAIC..
Since moving back to my hometown of Galveston, I now serve as Lead Creative Designer on the Board of Directors of the Texas Navy Association and established Gordon Blocker Films as the Producer-Director-Designer.
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