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Friday, November 16, 2012

Dearborn Teacher's Book Honors City's Soldiers Lost in Vietnam

Lisa Lark will be at the Allen Park Barnes & Noble Friday to promote and sign her book, "All They Left Behind."

Who were the men and women who left Dearborn to serve in the armed services and lost their lives in the Vietnam War? Dearborn author and Edsel Ford High School English teacher Lisa Lark dedicated two years of research to answering those questions, through more than 500 interviews with Vietnam veterans and the friends and families of the men and women on The Wall. Lark will promote All They Left Behind: Legacies of the Men and Women on The Wall at the Allen Park Barnes & Noble at 6 p.m. Friday, where she'll be selling and signing copies of the book, as well as discussing her work. The store is located at 3120 Fairlane Drive in Allen Park. Lark's work started as a project with her students at Edsel Ford, but quickly became much larger. “On …

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Jessica Carreras

10:36 am on Friday, November 16, 2012

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Sunday, October 28, 2012

The Wall That Heals Lives Up to Its Name

My dad was a Vietnam veteran, and it took me a long time to realize how proud I am.

My father was never particularly proud of being a veteran. In fact, his time in Vietnam serving in the U.S. Army solidified his disdain and disinterest in American government for the rest of his life. He didn’t follow elections. He rarely voted. When I informed him that this law passed or this local politician was voted out of office he’d say, “Oh? I hadn’t heard.” So my siblings and I were rare in that, while we had a very close tie to the armed forces, we didn’t necessarily feel the honor of having a father who served—simply because we weren’t raised to. My dad, William Carreras, passed away three years ago. He was 59 years old. Like any person who loses a parent—especially before you’re “ready” for it—it was difficult. I struggled to …

tom laundroche

10:41 pm on Sunday, October 28, 2012

And the healing continues. Great story thanks for sharing.   more ›

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