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Miguel Reece
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Major Miguel Reece, United States Air Force, (ret.) "is a military veteran with
more than thirty years of service as both an enlisted member and an officer in
the U.S. Air Force. He served in Vietnam and the Middle East, as well as a
member of Stabilization Forces in the Balkans. Major Reece was born in the
Panama Canal Zone. He has a bachelors degree from Southern Illinois University
and a masters degree from Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri. After thirty
years in the Air Force, he served for ten years with the Department of Veterans
Affairs. Major Reece enjoyed working with veterans and making a difference in
the lives of the beneficiaries. He often visited veterans with their families in
their homes, nursing homes, assisted-living facilities, relatives homes, under
bridges, in parks, or even in a tree house. He aspires to share these stories
with the world and educate a new generation or remind society of the sacrifices
the American veterans endured for the freedom of this nation and not to allow
their stories to be forgotten." Major Miguel Reece is the author of The
Disabled Veteran's Story: The Sacrifices of our Veterans and Their Families.
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According to the book description of The Disabled Veteran's Story: The
Sacrifices of our Veterans and Their Families, it is "our American
Heroes: The Stories behind the Fight for Freedom and Democracy This book is not
about the author. This book is not about the battle. This book is about military
members who are now veterans. Their memories are about some of the most
legendary battles as well as their own private struggles. The recollections of
these veterans cover an array of experiences around the worldone of the first
female pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps; a survivor of the Bataan Death March;
POWs from WWII and Korea; an Ohio National Guardsman at Kent State; survivors,
fighters, and patriots from Pearl Harbor, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Their
families share their heroic stories of service to the world's freedom, as well
as their frustration and disappointment with the VA bureaucracy or lack of
information-sharing practices about their entitled benefits. The efforts of
caregivers in enabling their veterans to have the best quality of life
possiblespouses, mothers, children, guardians/fiduciaries, healthcare
professionals, and the grandmother who had both her son and granddaughter
deployedspeak volumes of their commitment and unconditional sacrifices. This
collection of their stories is the authors continued privilege of serving the
veterans who have enabled this great nation to stand guard in the world and
assure the right to be free. Read on with respect and compassion."
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