Hero Mama

By: Source: AARP.org Date Posted: 2005-02-22 00:00:00-05:00

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As the U.S. casualty count grows in Iraq, so does the severe impact on families back in America. Journalist Karen Spears Zacharias knows all too well about the pain and devastation of losing a loved one in an unpopular war being fought far away-she was nine years old when she and her family were informed of her father's death in Vietnam. Spears Zacharias joins host Mike Cuthbert to talk about her new book, Hero Mama, and how her mother found the strength to support her family all alone.

Listen to: Hero Mama: A Daughter Remembers the Father She Lost in Vietnam-and the Mother Who Held Her Family Together

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