San Antonio Express-News Story
January 9, 2024Interview on the Ron Thulin Radio Program on KAHL in San Antonio
January 9, 2024This is Morning Edition. In San Antonio, I’m Terrance Mayer. Tomorrow is Veteran’s Day, first proclaimed by President Woodrow Wilson honoring all veterans of World War I, “the war to end all wars.” In 1938, Congress passed an act making November 11
Armistice Day, a legal holiday. But after World War II and the Korean Conflict, the 83rd Congress in 1954 amended the act, changing the word “Armistice” to “Veterans”, honoring veterans of all wars. Conrad John Netting IV is a local CPA who never knew his father, who was killed during World War II. Netting has written a book titled “Delayed Legacy” in which he writes about a set of events that helped him get to know his father. Netting recently spoke with Texas Public Radio’s Ernie Villarreal …