Veteran's Stories > Warriors Own Words

FORWARD In accordance with historians and family members, people, places, and things that are important to James Mapes Pool are included in this last revised addition, to include but not limited to, biographical photos of families that, in successive generations, have been documented and identified with the development of a nation called the United States of America. The Book includes early historical settlements of Pool, Mapes', and Mӧbs families who originally immigrated from Germany and Bohemia, to include the Dutch American Pool Family from Holland, and the Netherlands, along with the Bosgra, Eason, other members of James’ family from Bergum, Tietjerksteradeel, Hollan ...

On the morning of June 25th, 1876, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer made a fateful decision to attack a large Native American village camped on the banks of the Little Big Horn River. It was a decision that would cost him his life, the lives of 268 of his men, and the lives of over 60 Native Americans defending their right to live free. Myths, mysteries, and legends of this fight have grown for over 142 years, elevating a lonely patch of dirt and grass, dotted with white and brown tombstones, to mythological proportions. How did this apocalyptic clash of cultures happen? What is true, and what is conjecture? What really happened? Experience the entire battle as it was tol ...

Bas Verheijen, former director of the Hyperbarics Health and Wellness Foundation, and program participant Amanda Burrill, a military veteran working through severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), persistent concussion symptoms (PCS) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), created this basic guide so that all program participants could have a comprehensive, integrative guide to healing. This is valuable information for anyone who’s been affected by TBI, PCS and/or PTSD, encouraging patients to be knowledgeable, active participants in their recoveries and overall well-being.

The Eighteenth Engineers tells the story of the incredible work performed by the men of the 18th Engineers Regiment in WW1. They were among the first 75,000 A. E. F. troops to arrive in France in late August of 1917. There they built massive docks large enough to berth 10 transport ships end to end. Then they constructed huge warehouses to receive and store tons of cargo. Finally, they designed and built a complex, multi-functional railroad track system, along with unique cargo handling equipment allowing them the ability to unload men and cargo quickly and efficiently from the ships hold. The 18th Engineers built this massive base depot in record time under difficult conditio ...

Patricia Newman, licensed clinical social worker at the Bogalusa, Louisiana veterans’ outpatient clinic, helps veterans who struggle with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder learn how to forgive and let go of difficult emotions and memories. Ms. Newman’s therapeutic concept that “revealing is healing” resulted in Warriors’ Own Words, “You Had To Be There”. The book includes incredible stories of sacrifice and service from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. The idea for writing this book came from discussions with veterans about their military service. They often said that they never talked about their combat experiences because it was easier to keep those memories to the ...