My view of the Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center |
Growing up in the 1950s most people worked at Lukens Steel or the “Vets.”
My cousin was the chief pharmacist at the Coatesville VA for many years. When the administrator was away, he became the hospital administrator.
We have many homes for VA outpatients in Coatesville. Men some people think are homeless are veterans out for a walk in Coatesville. They are vulnerable to mugging and need to be protected.
Every person I know from Coatesville has at least one family member that served in the military.
Coatesville is a steel town like the one in “The Deer Hunter.” We went to wedding celebrations at the Polish Hall in Coatesville like the Russian Hall in "The Deer Hunter." I was terrible at deer hunting.
My Uncle Fred is 4th from right. He was a combat engineer. He landed on Omaha Beach June 6, 1944 |
When we grew up in Coatesville in the 1950s WWII veterans were our uncles & fathers. Almost all the male teachers at Coatesville High School were WWII or Korean War veterans.
Coatesville has the collective memories of all those veterans.
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