[Reading-hall-of-fame] Veterans Day Drawing

[Thomas Sticht]

Colleagues: Happy Veterans Day! Greetings to all on this day of
recognition of all those who have served in the United States of America
military services! I am pleased to announce the winners of my lottery for
winning historically important adult literacy education materials from the
armed services.

Winner #1: Dr Daphne Greenberg Georgia State University  wins  a copy of
Samuel Goldberg's 302 page classic book entitled "Army Training of
Illiterates in World War II" reporting on the World War II literacy
programs that taught reading and language arts to thousands of recruits;
and with this book will come the well illustrated World War II  War
Department Pamphlet 21-13 dated 10 August 1944 entitled "Army Life" used to
orient new literate recruits about their activities  in the U. S. Army.

Winner # 2: Dr Norman Stahl Northern Illinois University (emeritus) will
receive a 1956 copy of "Men in the Armed Forces: A Serviceman's Reader"
with its highly illustrated drawings of the fictional Private Pete entering
and serving in the U.S. Army and includes stories of Navy and Air Force
personnel; and a 1979 copy of "Improving Your Navy Reading Skills" used in
the Navy's Academic Remedial Training programs.

Winner # 3: Dr Lindsay Pryor, Dallas VA Medical Center will receive the two
volume set of the 1966 Books 1 and 2 about "Navy Life: Reading and Writing
for Success in the Navy";   and a 1979 copy of "Improving Your Navy Reading
Skills" used in the Navy's Academic Remedial Training programs.

My thanks to all of you who joined in this celebration of Veterans Day!

Tom Sticht
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