“Society needs to care for other people.”
Gerald “Jerry” Hotzman grew up in Pennsylvania with his mother, father, and four siblings. Growing up his biggest influence was his mother. This is because Jerry’s father worked “swing shifts”, which is when workers would work different hours on different days, so he would not really be around.
Today Jerry lives a simple retired life with his wife and family in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania. Jerry is always singing like birds are always chirping. However, his life was not always this simple.
In the early 1960s, Jerry was drafted to be in the military. To his family, being drafted in the military was like Mufasa being trampled by wildebeests. He had no choice but to serve because it was at the beginning of the Vietnam War, and the U.S. needed troops.
So, in November 1963, Jerry packed his bags to enter the military.
Upon leaving Jerry recalls something he would never forget.
“My brothers were all in the service and before I went in the military they gave me the advice that “how you survive is to keep your mouth shut and do what you are told.” Going into the military, that was my motto.” …show more content…
He was yelling and yelling at us, and all I did was look straight ahead, not smile, stand perfectly still, and at attention. He concluded by saying quote (in a very loud voice) “you cannot pull the eyes over my wool”. It was extremely difficult not to bust up laughing because the correct phrase he should have used was “you cannot pull the wool over my eyes”. This means he thought he knew everything and we were not able to hide anything from him. After he said that, he realized what he said, and he turned around and walked away, and everyone just stood
Gerald “Jerry” Hotzman grew up in Pennsylvania with his mother, father, and four siblings. Growing up his biggest influence was his mother. This is because Jerry’s father worked “swing shifts”, which is when workers would work different hours on different days, so he would not really be around.
Today Jerry lives a simple retired life with his wife and family in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania. Jerry is always singing like birds are always chirping. However, his life was not always this simple.
In the early 1960s, Jerry was drafted to be in the military. To his family, being drafted in the military was like Mufasa being trampled by wildebeests. He had no choice but to serve because it was at the beginning of the Vietnam War, and the U.S. needed troops.
So, in November 1963, Jerry packed his bags to enter the military.
Upon leaving Jerry recalls something he would never forget.
“My brothers were all in the service and before I went in the military they gave me the advice that “how you survive is to keep your mouth shut and do what you are told.” Going into the military, that was my motto.” …show more content…
He was yelling and yelling at us, and all I did was look straight ahead, not smile, stand perfectly still, and at attention. He concluded by saying quote (in a very loud voice) “you cannot pull the eyes over my wool”. It was extremely difficult not to bust up laughing because the correct phrase he should have used was “you cannot pull the wool over my eyes”. This means he thought he knew everything and we were not able to hide anything from him. After he said that, he realized what he said, and he turned around and walked away, and everyone just stood