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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.
I was honored to attend the ceremony of the Ring Melt at West Point on January 19, 2024. I donated my husband’s West Point Class ring, Class of 1966, which I’ve held onto since he was killed in Vietnam in 1969. Now, the gold in his ring will become part of rings given to the Class of 2025 and all future Class rings.
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.”.
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.
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Ruth Crocker. Professor of History. Education : Oxford (St. Anne’s College), B.A., M.A. (Oxon.) Purdue, M.A., 1975; Ph.D., 1982. Professional Career:
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 ...
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About. Author of articles and essays about family, recovery from grief and loss, the Vietnam War, and the creative writing process. Author of "Those Who Remain: Remembrance and Reunion After War ...
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