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Background Introduction Inspiration Title Cover Research Methodology Recurring Themes

Background Introduction Inspiration Title Cover Research Methodology Recurring Themes “Turning civilians into soldiers is much easier then turning them back.” (WW II) “A year of fighting and ninety-nine years of rolling up the wire.” (WW I ). Currier & Ives Original Plan for Cover

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Background Introduction Inspiration Title Cover Research Methodology Recurring Themes

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  1. Background • Introduction • Inspiration • Title • Cover • Research • Methodology • Recurring Themes • “Turning civilians into soldiers is much easier then turning them back.” (WW II) • “A year of fighting and ninety-nine years of rolling up the wire.” (WW I)

  2. Currier & Ives • Original Plan for Cover • Hopes and Dreams of • a soldier • “This coming home to stay is the best part of being a soldier…” -North • About rebuilding: “…the sacrifices demanded a labor of love that only the brave can truly appreciate.” – South

  3. Contents Homecoming: Operation Iraqi Freedom • Acknowledgements • Introduction • Born of Revolution • British, Indians, Mexicans, • and Manifest Destiny • Old Dixie Down • Yankees and the Union • Brass Buttons and Foreign • Excursions • Doughboys • “Home Alive in ‘45!” • Forgotten Wars: Korea and • the Cold War • 9. The Unforgotten War: Vietnam • 10. Deserts and Terror • Homeward Bound • Notes • Selected Bibliography • Index Courtesy First Cavalry Division PAO

  4. Selected Organizations • Order of Cincinnatus • Aztec Club • Pension Bureau • Grand Army of the Republic • United Daughters of the Confederacy • United Confederate Veterans • Sanitary Commission • Veterans of Foreign Wars • American Legion • Disabled American Veterans • American Battle Monuments Commission • Bureau of Veterans Affairs/VA • Vietnam Veterans Association • Vietnam Veterans Against the War • Selected Issues • Pensions • Land • Health Care • Jobs • Education • Recognition • GI Bill • Problems • Veterans Bureau Scandals • Bonus Marches • Vietnam Homecoming • Agent Orange • Gulf War Syndrome • Death (Quarantine) Camps • Korean POWs • Women Veterans (WW I & II)

  5. Recurring Themes Associations of Veterans Cost of War/Cost of Veterans Organizations for Veterans Problem Government Drivers GI Bill of Rights Landmark Legislation Land Pensions Employment Healthcare Recognition Reminders of Home at the Front Adjustment

  6. Homeward Bound chronicles the struggle of veterans to realize their hopes and dreams after the battles are fought.

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