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- Michael White
- Username: mwcalgary
- Location: Calgary, Canada
- Joined PRX: Nov 03, 2004
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- "Johnny Comes Home"
- Summary: A 24-year old Marine veteran of the recent Iraq war returns home and tells us why he cannot sleep at night.
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Review of Johnny Comes Home
Michael White
Posted on November 04, 2004 at 07:17 AM
This piece, in just 7+ minutes incredibly captures some deep human feelings resulting from facing incomprensible (to a North American) war strategies, the soldier's need to survive, then displaying a meditation on horrific consequences. The marine remembers, struggles with the memory - debating whether the situation was intended or unintended.
Has much the same feel as Crane's "Red Badge of Courage" I guess the question remaining at the end: When will we ever learn.