Ep. 54 - The Cost of War (Memorial Day Special)

This episode I discuss Memorial Day, its meaning and some regarding the cost of being free. Links to material listed below:

-----WW2 - video-----

https://www.military.com/video/operations-and-strategy/second-world-war/heart-pounding-ww2-footage/663016035001

-----History-----

https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/memorial-day-history

-----Leverage Clip-----

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMcM8YVKWxA

Copyright info - Leverage S4 - E18, "The Last Dam Job", Aired Jan 15, 2012.

On IMDB.com: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2138529/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

-----Book-----

"On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society", Dave Grossman, June 1, 2009, Back Bay Books, ISBN: 978-0-316-04093-8

On Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Psychological-Cost-Learning-Society/dp/0316040932

-----Changing of The Guard Ceremony at the Tomb of The Unknown Soldier-----

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4utXb3auOew

-----Veterans Support Organizations-----

American Legion: https://www.legion.org/

Veterans of Foreign Wars: https://www.vfw.org/

Disabled American Vets: https://www.dav.org/

Creativets: https://creativets.org/

Wounded Warrior Project: https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

The 22 Project: https://www.support22project.org/

US Dept. of Veterans Affairs: https://www.va.gov/

Link to Directory of VA recognized Veterans Organizations (PDF - 2019): https://www.va.gov/vso/VSO-Directory.pdf