Wounded Warriors - Their Struggle for Independence

By Raymond C. Wilson

You hate to think that war is what drives technology, but it does. Even Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, recognized this fact nearly two thousand years ago when he said: "If you want to study medicine, go to war." Throughout history, the motivation to create functional replacement limbs has grown in parallel with the number of living amputees, whose ranks swelled following periods of warfare. This book follows the development of prosthetic limbs from the Revolutionary War to the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts. It also tells how you can help wounded warriors with their struggle for independence.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raymond C. Wilson
• Release date: May 16, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005172671

Raymond C. Wilson

Raymond C. Wilson is a military historian, filmmaker, and amateur genealogist. During his military career as an enlisted soldier, warrant officer, and commissioned officer in the U.S. Army for twenty-one years, Wilson served in a number of interesting assignments both stateside and overseas. He had the honor of serving as Administrative Assistant to Brigadier General George S. Patton (son of famed WWII general) at the Armor School; Administrative Assistant to General of the Army Omar Nelson Bradley at the Pentagon; and Military Assistant to the Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army at the Pentagon. In 1984, Wilson was nominated by the U.S. Army Adjutant General Branch to serve as a White House Fellow in Washington, D.C. While on active duty, Wilson authored numerous Army regulations as well as articles for professional journals including 1775 (Adjutant General Corps Regimental Association magazine), Program Manager (Journal of the Defense Systems Management College), and Army Trainer magazine. He also wrote, directed, and produced three training films for Army-wide distribution. He is an associate member of the Military Writers Society of America. Following his retirement from the U.S. Army in 1992, Wilson made a career change to the education field. He served as Vice President of Admissions and Development at Florida Air Academy; Vice President of Admissions and Community Relations at Oak Ridge Military Academy; Adjunct Professor of Corresponding Studies at U.S. Army Command and General Staff College; and Senior Academic Advisor at Eastern Florida State College. While working at Florida Air Academy, Wilson wrote articles for several popular publications including the Vincent Curtis Educational Register and the South Florida Parenting Magazine. At Oak Ridge Military Academy, Wilson co-wrote and co-directed two teen reality shows that appeared on national television (Nickelodeon & ABC Family Channel). As an Adjunct Professor at U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Wilson taught effective communications and military history for eighteen years. At Eastern Florida State College, Wilson wrote, directed, and produced a documentary entitled "Wounded Warriors - Their Struggle for Independence" for the Chi Nu chapter of Phi Theta Kappa. Since retiring from Eastern Florida State College, Wilson has devoted countless hours working on book manuscripts.

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WOUNDED WARRIORS

Their Struggle for Independence

Written by

RAYMOND C. WILSON

Author of

Martyr of the Race Course

Pass in Review - Military School Celebrities (Volume One)

Pass in Review - Military School Celebrities (Volume Two)

WOUNDED WARRIORS

Their Struggle for Independence

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Acknowledgements

I would like to acknowledge the researching assistance that I received from the following members of the Chi Nu Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa:

President: Lauren Houchin

VP Leadership: Nathanael Boring

VP Scholarship: Jonathan Boring

VP Service: Brie Chankersingh

VP Fellowship: Kalie Proctor

Recording Secretary: Dana Aplin

Treasurer: Adrianna Roseman

Historian: Brienna Ferenczi

Member: Josh Bontrager

Member: Nathaniel Wilson

Honorary Member: Jonathan Logan

I am sincerely grateful for their contributions to this book.

Raymond C. Wilson (Author)

Table of Contents

Wounded Warriors - Their Struggle for Independence

Introduction

Revolutionary War

Civil War

World War I

World War II

Korean War

Vietnam War

Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts

Summary

How you can help

Bibliography

Appendix

About Raymond C. Wilson

Introduction

War drives technology (www.blog.collinsflags.com)

You hate to think that war is what drives technology, but it does. Even Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, recognized this fact nearly two thousand years ago when he said: If you want to study medicine, go to war. Throughout history, the motivation to create functional replacement limbs has grown in parallel with the number of living amputees, whose ranks swelled following periods of warfare.

Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine (www.universe-review.ca)

The purpose of this book is two-fold: First, it tells the story of the untold generations of battle-scarred amputees whose sacrifices made prosthetics a public priority. Second, it tells what you can do to help wounded warriors with their struggle for independence.

Revolutionary War

Revolutionary War Overview

When the "shot heard ‘round the world’ was fired at Lexington in 1775 to begin the Revolutionary War, there was not yet even a Continental Army. Few Americans had any military experience, and there was no method of training, supplying, or paying an army. The thirteen American colonies were ill-prepared for the mass casualties they were about to suffer over the next eight years.

Battle of Lexington (www.wiki.org)

Revolutionary War Casualties

At least 25,000 American Patriots died during this military conflict from 1775 to 1783. As was typical in the wars of the era, disease claimed far more lives than battle. Upwards of 12,000 soldiers died of starvation or disease while prisoners of war.

The number of Patriots seriously wounded or disabled by the war has been estimated as high as 25,000. Proportionate to the population of the colonies, the Revolutionary War was at least the second-deadliest conflict in American history, ranking ahead of World War II and behind the Civil War.

Revolutionary War casualties (www.nps.org)

Revolutionary War Medical Care

During the Revolutionary War, most wounds