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November 12th Program: Honoring those who have served - Veterans' Day |
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Written by Adam Roufberg
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Sunday, 12 November 2006 |
Download Part 1 (3MB MP3): Introduction, News Not in the News and the Free Range Thought Brain Tweezler. Intro Music- Star Spangled Banner composed and conducted by Igor Stravinsky
Download Part 2 (9MB MP3): Garett Reppenhagen joins us for the remainder of the first half hour. Garett was in the US Army Cavalry as a Sniper. Garett served 9 months as a peace keeper in Kosovo before deploying to Iraq in February 2004. He was in 2-63 Armor Battalion in the 1st Infantry Division stationed at Forward Operating Scunion outside of Baqubah Iraq for one year. After serving involuntarily under Stop-Loss for ten months Garett received an honorable discharge in May 2005. He is now a board member for the Iraq Veterans Against the War and works in Washington DC as a veterans advocate in the Veterans For America. You can read more of Garett's story and 29 other veterans in a new book by Trish Wood called "What Was Asked of Us".
Watch Garett and Bobby Muller on C-SPAN - "What Was Asked of US"
Outro music by Charles Mingus - from Pithecanthropus Erectus
Download Part 3 (8MB MP3): Mike Ferner served as a Navy Corpsman from 1969 to 73, was discharged as a conscientious objector, and is a member of Veterans for Peace.Mike Spent time with Christian Peacemaker Teams and Jim Loney on a two-month trip to Iraq in early 2004. He is a freelance writer from Ohio. Mike joins us to discuss his anti-war activities and his recently published book Inside the Red Zone.
Download Part 4 (7MB MP3): Viet Nam War Veteran George Masters joins us during the second portion of the program. George was born in Philadelphia and grew up in Viet Nam. His first tour was with the 1st Marine Air Wing in Chu Lai in 1966. He then returned to Viet Nam in 1967 and served with the 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division. At the end of 1968 he came home and attended Georgetown University where he began to write. His writings have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Denver Post, Reader’s Digest, Yachting Magazine and “Sons On Fathers,” a collection of mens’ writings. His latest piece of fiction will be appearing in the December issue of Portland Magazine.
Download Part 5 (10MB MP3): During the last portion of our prgram we are joined by the founders of West Point Grads Against the War who went on to found Service Academy Grads Against the War.
Joe Wojcik was a top-ranked cadet for military aptitude during his stay at West Point and was the Brigade Training Officer. He was also Vice-Chairman of the Honor Committee. Upon graduation he entered the air force, and is now a retired business man living in Claremont, California. Actually, Joe could hardly be considered "retired", since he has trained for, and run in, marathon races for thirty years. Father of three, Joe has five grandchildren.
Bill Cross, a Vietnam combat veteran, spent ten years in the army. He was a professor of military psychology and leadership at West Point. A PhD, Bill is a psychologist and college professor in upstate New York where he frequently counsels veterans. He was a founding member of Veterans For Peace in Syracuse in 1991. Father of three, Bill has seven grandchildren.
Jim Ryan spent five years in the army artillery with assignments in the United States and Europe. Thereafter a businessman, he subsequently became a writer. He divides his time between Istanbul, Turkey where he lives, and New York City where he teaches in the summer at Columbia University. Father of four, Jim has eight grandchildren.
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