Ghana Session: The Importance of Veterans Day 2019

Veterans were people who served and protected the United States of America.

Without these brave individuals our freedom would be threatened. Because they were there in the most difficult times of war, our veterans made sure that we still have our freedoms of today.

Asbury Park celebrates Veterans Day

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Asbury Park recently celebrated Veterans Day with Vietnam veteran, Wilbur V. Martin, Vietnam veteran, Wayne Jackson, Veronica Miller, veteran who served during Desert Storm or Desert Shield and the War in Iraq, and the MLK Middle School’s very own Sheila Batson, military veteran.

These great veterans shared their expericences in the military with a Ghana session hosted by Mr. Wronko.

Wilbur V. Martin Spoke about his experience as a paratrooper during the Vietnam War. In addition, new to the Ghana sessions was another Vietnam veteran, Wayne Jackson. Wayne Jackson spoke about how he was an advisor to the South Vietnamese Government providing them with information how to fight the communists and Viet Cong.

Furthermore, he mentioned how he was a customs inspector making sure nothing illegal or dangerous came back to America.

During the Vietnam War, Mr. Jackson worked a heavy schedule Monday through Friday and then on the weekends took flight tours.

Veronica Miller spoke about how she was in the National Guard and was called to active duty. She served in Desert Storm or Desert Shield. Then she was called to Iraq in 2003. During her military career, she was a truck driver and she issued licenses to drivers in the military. Veronica Miller mentioned how she had to make sure that the drivers were qualified to drive. In addition, she worked as an equal opportunity officer to make sure that there was no discrimination going in the military.

Sheila Batson, our current wonderful secretary at the middle school, spoke about her military career. She talked about the challenges in the military as well as being more than capable of performing her duties.

The veterans were asked questions from the students at the MLK Middle School and Ghana such as:

Why did you join the military?

What was the toughest day you faced in the military?

What did you do after your service?

Besides asking questions, the students in Ghana presented a green screen presentation about Veterans Day and the attack on Pearl Harbor which took place on December 7, 1941.

During this presentation they spoke about the hardships America faced and overcame after this attack.

After this session, the veterans were thanked for attending and everyone was looking forward to their return.

P.S. Thanks to Mr. Grasso, Principal, Dr. Barrett, Vice Principal, and Mr. Wells, Vice Principal for all of their support.

Thanks to Mrs. Apostolakos and Shelly Sanders for their assistance.

See Wilbur V. Martin on Classroom Close-up

https://classroomcloseup.org/segments/project-ghana/