Background
Gerard Kane was born in 1946, in Utica, New York, United States. He had three brothers and a sister.
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4200 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008, United States
The University of the District of Columbia where Gerard Kane studied.
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4200 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008, United States
The University of the District of Columbia where Gerard Kane studied.
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Veteran's Day: A Viet Nam Memoir
(Recounts the story of a young combat medic in Vietnam and...)
Recounts the story of a young combat medic in Vietnam and his never-ending battle with the memories and nightmares the war left him.
https://www.amazon.com/Veterans-Day-Viet-Nam-Memoir/dp/0517569051/?tag=2022091-20
1991
Gerard Thomas Matthew Kane
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Rod Kane
Education
Gerard Kane studied at the University of the District of Columbia.
Career
Gerard Kane joined the United States Army in 1964. He became a medical corpsman and served at the Ia Drang Valley. After his traumatic war experience, Kane became active in Vietnam Veterans Against the War. He came to Washington in 1971 as part of a protest in which veterans threw down their military medals on the steps of the Capitol. He abused drugs and alcohol, was incarcerated, and contemplated suicide before finally deciding to admit himself to a Veterans Administration hospital. He got into a Vietnam veterans support group that became his second home. Kane started to write down his thoughts. His book Veteran's Day: A Viet Nam Memoir was published in 1991. He had a hereditary lung disease and died of pneumonia.
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book
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Veteran's Day: A Viet Nam Memoir
(Recounts the story of a young combat medic in Vietnam and...)
1991
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Veteran's Day: A Viet Nam Memoir
Membership
Gerard Kane was a founding member of the Memorial Day Writers Project.
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United States