Category Archives: Vietnam War

What We Carry

Posted on 04/18/2022 by Jorge Medico

This Monday’s Poem of the Week was inspired by the the best seller about the Vietnam War of similar name. In any war, soldiers have to decide on what is most essential in carrying out their mission. Hope you enjoy … Continue reading →

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SHAME ON US

Posted on 08/15/2021 by Jorge Medico

SHAME ON US! I am angry, and I’m deeply ashamed. I just turned off the news (which I watch with decreasing frequency, as it seems designed to make me fearful, angry or both) showing scenes of the fall of Kabul, … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day Poems

Posted on 05/31/2021 by Jorge Medico

Today is Memorial Day. Having attended an all-boys school during the Vietnam era, I lost a significant number of friends and classmates during that war. Many years later, after the Vietnam Memorial wall was built in Washington D.C., I still … Continue reading →

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Memento Mori

Posted on 01/07/2021 by Jorge Medico

There was a time, no more than a few generations ago, when the concept of death was not as far removed from American lives as it has become today. It was a time when family members died at home instead … Continue reading →

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Southeast Asia – Hong Kong

Posted on 06/27/2020 by Jorge Medico

It all started with my mentor, Dr. Pincus. He came up to me in the hospital hallway one day, asking me if I was interested in taking a break in my training program, and travel to Indonesia to teach a … Continue reading →

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Chicago, 1968

Posted on 05/22/2020 by Jorge Medico

It was 1968, and the world was rapidly changing. The Vietnam War was in full swing, and the evening news allowed viewers at home to see helicopters strafing the jungle with machine-gun fire, the horror of napalm burned children crying … Continue reading →

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Life is Unpredictable

Posted on 05/21/2020 by Jorge Medico

Life is filled with unpredictability. Events and circumstances move us in entirely different paths than we expect. The movie “Sliding Doors” provides a great allegory as how the simple act of getting on a subway train, or missing it because … Continue reading →

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Cars

Posted on 05/16/2020 by Jorge Medico

The only people who owned cars in Hungary during my lifetime there were Communist Party members, government officials, some member of the military, as well as the secret police. Budapest had (and still has) an excellent network of trams, buses, … Continue reading →

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