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Ruth Johnson has lived in Jacksonville Florida for the past 19
years (home),brought up in Newark N.J. Retired ( Disabled ) Since
2002 after thirty years working throughout the country in Credit
and Collection dept. For major companies (May Co, Sears &
Roebuck, Household Finance, Educational C.U.) Successfully Opening
Ceramics shops in two different cities. I started writing this book
days after I left my soldier husband in 1982. Since that time I
have dedicated my life to my children and grandchildren. I decided
to put an end to this chapter in my life. I believed if I let the
world know what happened to me and my family it may put an end to
the hurt and pain we suffered. Being a daughter of a Preacher I
believe in God and with God all things are possible. Getting to
release this book will be a dream come true for me. About the book
This story is dedicated to all of the "battered wives" throughout
the world. I would like to plead with them to seek help and
assistance. This is the story of my life, spent with an American
soldier before and after the war in Vietnam. Though the events took
place many years ago, I feel that this story should be shared with
today's families and soldiers, so that they might not make the same
mistakes our family made. There is a wall in Washington, DC
inscribed with the names of soldiers who lost their lives in the
war. This country also recognizes the POWs, MIAs those wounded in
action. However, no one seems to recognize, or mention, those
damaged mentally and emotionally by the war. For many of these
soldiers, the conflict is still raging - in their minds, in their
homes and in their relationship with loved ones. America is once
again at war, and many soldiers -- men and women -- are coming home
severely disturbed, mentally and emotionally, and are not getting
the help they need. My family still feels the pain -- decades later
-- caused when my husband, and the father of my children, returned
home physically, but not mentally or emotionally. The battery and
assault I suffered as a result should have been addressed, and
could have been prevented, by the army. Instead, my pleas were
overlooked. Mine was not the only family affected -- I witnessed
many more families broken up as a result of the effects of the war
on our soldiers. I feel that we, as Americans, need to put more of
an emphasis on the welfare of our soldiers and their families --
those who served in past wars, soldiers presently serving and
participants in future conflicts. To this day, I am overwhelmed
with sadness and sympathy for the families of those Vietnam vets
who returned emotionally broken and mentally injured. I walked away
to save my life and the lives of my children after 10 years of
abuse, giving up all of the years I spent with my soldier. My
husband and my family did not deserve this outcome. Please -- make
sure you support your soldier! Make sure he or she gets the help
and support they deserve when they return home from the war. Buy
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