Fans of the HBO series “Boardwalk Empire” may remember that World War I
veterans grappling with disability occupied a critical place in the
show’s story. Fictional vet Jimmy Darmandy (Michael Pitt) struggled as
much with PTSD as he did with a limp derived from shrapnel embedded in
his leg by a German grenade. Richard Harrow (Jack Huston), on the other
hand, endured facial disfigurement so severe he wore a mask to conceal
his injuries, though his wounds went far beyond the physical.
Artifacts on display in the Library of Congress exhibit Echoes of the Great War: American Experiences of World War I
demonstrate the human cost of the war, the government’s response and
the ways in which injured veterans helped push forward—even if in a
somewhat limited fashion—the disability rights movement. ... [mehr] https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2017/12/world-war-i-injured-veterans-and-the-disability-rights-movement/
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