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VFW Post 7484 Adjutant James Caplinger, U.S. Army veteran, shows other Post members and guests the cover of the newly released book “Heroes: They met the challenge of their times.” The book features veterans from two area families, starting with the Revolutionary War.
31 soldiers met the challenge, chronicled as heroes in book
MARION TOWNSHIP — A newly released book "Heroes: They met the challenge of their times" concerns Garrison and Rude families veterans, many of whom are laid to rest in the old Garrison Cemetery off Shawnee Trace Road in Clinton County. The 31 soldiers included in this data-filled and documented work took part in either the War for Independence, the Indian wars, the War of 1812 or the Civil War.
Thumbing through the book serves as a reminder that in wars past, the sound of worn, raspy coughs were as commonplace as the whistle of bullets. Three of the veterans in the book died of disease while in uniform.
On Sunday, Joy Garrison Cauffman, Ph.D., presented the "first working copy" of the book to Blanchester VFW Post 7484. The cover is graced by a 1940 illustration, "To Make Men Free" by Norman Rockwell. Permission to reproduce the print was granted to the Garrison Corner Cemetery Association by the illustrator's grandson John Rockwell, who did not charge the association a fee because of the nature of the project.
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