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That they agreed to speak with me tonight about the book. Back. Host we were introduced a media local writer, years ago and ron, is been very encouraging and have a quite a bit with this book in terms of background and research and so forth. And of course with a vietnam veteran, most of the book that i wrote is about world war ii veterans and i just want to give you a little background before we start speaking. Before world war ii, if you are paralyzed, you are. Much a dead no hope for as they were called. Because the average lifespan was 18 months for somebody would do in world war i. World war ii was a game changer. The advent of penicillin, and other drugs. They had surgical units right behind the battlefield. Behind the frontlines. And they had evacuation back to the mainland. And so by the end of world war ii, you had a cohort of about 2500 u. S. Veterans who return home and there are paralyzed they had a chance at a normal life span. And this was the first cohort was quite have t ....
Here. I spent any evenings on the second floor and listening to the local authors talk about the books. So i really appreciate the invitation. I want to say hi to everybody out there who have not been able to see facetoface, in person. So thank you for tuning in. Obviously i am doubly honored that ron has agreed to speak with me tonight about the book. Go back. We were introduced by a local, years ago. Ron has been very encouraging and helped me quite a bit with this book in terms of background and research and so forth. Enron of course with a vietnam veteran, most of the book that i wrote is about World War Two veterans and i want to give you a little bit of a background before and i start speaking. Before world war ii, if you are paralyzed, you. Much but no helper as they would be called. Instead the average lifespan of someone would be 18 months of someone wanted in world war i. World war ii was a game changer, the advent of pen ....