Veterans visit Glide High School to share personal stories
By Dan Bain KPIC NewsGLIDE, Ore. -- Glide High School students got a chance to learn a lot about Veterans Tuesday, at a special 'Living History Day' at the school. MultimediaTeacher Randy Gould invited several Veterans from World War II, Korean War, Vietnam and even some of the more recent vets who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The students were able to sit down with the Veterans and learn about their experiences in fighting for freedom. The Veterans say they are thrilled that the students are so interested in what they did during times of war.
Students came away with a better appreciation of what the soldiers mean to our freedom. "It opened my eyes to how important freedom is and how everyday we take it for granted when there's people over there fighting for our freedom everyday and risking their lives," said student Kaiti Boyer. Another student at Glide, Heather Bass said, "36,940 men died within 37 months and he said that's about 30 men a day, and I think that's extremely tragic and it show us that this freedom that we all have isn't free." Shelby Heidrick, speaking about the presentation said, "This is the organization he put together, he wanted to get Veterans out here and show our appreciation for them, and they're not going to be around very much longer so we wanted to get as much out of them as we could, so we could understand the experience they went through." About 30 Veterans participated in the event, and organizers say they hope to do it every year to thank the Veterans and to educate the students on what the soldiers had to go through during those times to help preserve our freedom. |
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February 8, 2012
- Roseburg, Oregon
Korean War Veteran Carl Giles said, 'This is a great opportunity for Veterans to kind of tell the kids what freedom costs and how it comes about. So, when we came back from Korea and Vietnam, people didn't really accept us very well, so it's kind of refreshing to be with these kids."
