Columns, Opinions
Don’t forget our vets
By Tom Purcell
My dad’s hearing was damaged more than half a century ago when, as a young man, he trained to be an Army military policeman during the war in Korea.
MPs were required to qualify for every weapon, including the exceptionally loud .50 caliber machine gun.
One day, while congested with a cold, the concussive impacts of the gun’s noise caused blood to seep out of his nose and ear.
His hearing would never be the same and it grew gradually worse until he went completely deaf in ...