NO SUCH THING AS 'ONLY WOUNDED' A WAR'S LIVING CASUALTIES CAN BEAR A TERRIBLE BURDEN (11/3/04)

NO SUCH THING AS 'ONLY WOUNDED' A WAR'S LIVING CASUALTIES CAN BEAR A TERRIBLE BURDEN
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EDITORIAL
Leonard Pitts Jr.
796 Words
03 November 2004
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
SOONER
A-19
English
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Let me tell you about Greg.

I met him in 1985, back when I was still a pop music critic. A guy named Paul Hardcastle had a hit that year called "19," all about the toll the war in Vietnam exacted on a generation of American soldiers. It inspired me to visit a vet center and interview some soldiers, one of whom was Greg.

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