Pfc. Olive, civil rights activist & war hero


Clara Lee Olive died four hours after giving birth to her son on November 7, 1946…
Hi Roy, first of all thank you for reading, replying, and most importantly, for serving. I appreciate your thoughts and comments, and I’ll try to reply one point at a time. Apologies for the brief delay in responding as things have been busy, but feel free to keep replying, and I’ll do the same as I have time.
Coincidentally, I recently published a piece on Medium about my deceased father who is also a Vietnam-era veteran, discharged honorably with a medical release because of his schizoaffective disorder. He was unable to be a father in the sense implied by…