Memoir: Home from War

April 20th Entry, Howard’s Memoirs
I was now a civilian again, 21 years old,  living in a small apt in Pasadena, after being shipped to Los Angelos for antibiotic treatment and then discharged from the army, having survived bloody battle on Okinawa.
I had only my discharge pay in my pocket, unaware of what came next. But [...]

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Memoir: Witnessing Atrocities of War: April 22 Diary

by Howard Sachs, MD, PhD
Yesterdays discussion group was on “ Good and Evil.” Initially in the discussion group notice, John tried to link the Columbine tragedy to Hitler and the slaughter of 6 million Jews, but I begged him before the session to confine the discussion to Columbine and not subject people like Ursula or [...]

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Memoir: Surviving Assault on Oboe Hill; Getting the Clap

April 17th Diary Entry
In a prior post,  I described my introduction to my combat experience on Okinawa as well as our foxhole position on the cliff facing Oboe Hill. Apparently, Oboe Hill would be the next, important objective for the infantry troops to capture, as thereafter, the tank corp could sweep the island clean of [...]

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Memoir: Joining the Army; Fighting in Okinawa

3/25 Diary
By Howard; howardsachs@rocketmail.com
Last night Marge, the art teacher called to ask if I planned on attending the art class today at 10 AM. I replied that I didn’t know, which met with a row of persuasive encouragement. The fact that I was in the midst of a writing meant nothing to her. I wasn’t [...]

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Memoir: HS Football as a Proving Ground: 3/24 Diary

I had already passed my 12th birthday when we moved to the Bronx from Brownsville, Brooklyn, in times particularly turbulent for people of the Jewish race. Hitler was in power and engaged in the extermination of six million Jews. But pathetically, he had many willing helpers who enjoyed in the extermination process, as described in [...]

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