Who We Were: True Stories from the Veterans Living at the Armed Forces Retirement Home

By Residents of the Afrh

In Who We Were, Antoinette Ford presents vignettes from the lives of veterans, from World War II to the present day. When Tonis ninety-year-old father, who lived at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in the District of Columbia, told her that he drove ducks in WWII, and that he was a part of The Red Ball Express, she was inspired to research what he was talking about. This journey into unrecorded or least under-recorded and undercelebrated history was all she needed to fuel her appetite for more. The stories told in this book are the little-known perceptions and warm memories of the residents of the AFRH and their friends. Toni and The Double Nickels Theatre Company, which she founded, have recorded, written, collected, and staged these and other stories from the residents of the Armed Forces Retirement Home.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1432780786
• ISBN13: 9781432780784
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Outskirts Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.3" x 11.7"