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Ruth Whipple Crocker (born December 10, 1946) is an American writer and author of the memoir Those Who Remain: Remembrance and Reunion After War, which began as a Pushcart Prize-nominated essay in O-Dark-Thirty.
Veterans Day – Why We Need War Stories. Veterans Day , 1968, was the last time I saw my beloved husband, Captain David R. Crocker, Jr. He left Connecticut for the war in Vietnam from the tiny Groton Municipal Airport in Groton, Connecticut at 7:00am on November 11, 1968. The first time I met the survivors of Alpha Company of the 2/22 Infantry ...
About Ruth “I grew up in a nursing home – the family business – perhaps that enlarged my perspective about why we should do what we want while we can. Growing up among old people and then losing my husband in the Vietnam War in 1969 provided me with an early education about grief and resilience.” Today, Ruth is focused on writing, and teaching the writing process, especially with ...
Mar 9, 2014 · Ruth W. Crocker's essays and other nonfiction writing have been recognised in Best American Essays and as a finalist for the Literary Awards Program of the Santa Fe Writers Project. She is the author of several magazine and journal articles that have appeared in The Gettysburg Review, Grace Magazine, O-Dark-Thirty, T.A.P.S. Magazine, The Saturday Evening Post and elsewhere.
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Ruth W Crocker, Mystic, CT. 605 likes. Writer of personal essays and creative nonfiction. Teacher of the writing process and memoir. Visit www.ruthwcrocker.com and www.elmgrovepress.org.
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May 13, 2014 · Ruth Crocker’s powerful and gracefully written memoir offers readers the quintessential “coming of age” narrative. The overarching, central story of loss, remembrance, and reunion, which chronicles the too-brief life and death in war of Captain David Crocker, Jr., also traces the coming of age of the United States during and after the Vietnam War.
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May 16, 2019 · May 17, 2019, marks the 50th anniversary of the death Captain David R. Crocker, Jr. in Vietnam. We were married on June 9, 1966, the day after his graduation from West Point. Each year, remembering his death on this date reverberates through whatever I’m doing. This “anniversary” is the only aspect of the experience of his loss that feels ...
