{"id":7590,"date":"2011-11-11T10:36:27","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T15:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baylorproud.wpengine.com\/?p=7590"},"modified":"2011-11-11T10:36:27","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T15:36:27","slug":"alums-book-tells-stories-behind-veterans-honored-on-baylors-memorial-lampposts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2011\/11\/alums-book-tells-stories-behind-veterans-honored-on-baylors-memorial-lampposts\/","title":{"rendered":"Alum&#8217;s book tells stories behind veterans honored on Baylor&#8217;s memorial lampposts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"jasek-nov11\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/jasek-nov11.jpg\" alt=\"Frank Jasek\" width=\"225\" height=\"291\" \/>For Memorial Day, we wrote our usual 200 words or so about <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/2011\/05\/for-65-years-baylors-memorial-lampposts-have-honored-those-who-served-our-country\/\" target=\"_blank\">the memorial lampposts that honor many of the Baylor alumni who have served our country<\/a>, including a large number who have given their lives in service.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Jasek, BBA &#8217;73, has gone much deeper.<\/p>\n<p>For more than a decade, Jasek &#8212; a preservation specialist for Baylor Libraries &#8212; has been investigating the stories behind the names on those lampposts. The plaques list the veteran&#8217;s name, branch of service, years at Baylor and year of death. Jasek wanted to know more.<\/p>\n<p>The stories he&#8217;s found are inspiring: the World War II vet who entered Baylor at 13, graduated at 17, then was drafted and was killed at Okinawa; the NoZe Brothers who went on to serve in the armed forces; and the many other tales of Baylor alumni who have served, from the Civil War to the war in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>Jasek is looking to self-publish a book to share the stories; for more on that effort, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/baylorlariat.com\/2011\/11\/11\/alumnus\u2019-book-honors-baylor\u2019s-fallen-soldiers\/\" target=\"_blank\">this story from today&#8217;s <em>Baylor Lariat<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Frank, and sic \u2019em, Baylor veterans!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Memorial Day, we wrote our usual 200 words or so about the memorial lampposts that honor many of the Baylor alumni who have served our country, including a large number who have given their lives in service. Frank Jasek, BBA &#8217;73, has gone much deeper. For more than a decade, Jasek &#8212; a preservation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-service"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}