ODU student featured in HBO's 'Home from Iraq'

ODU student featured in HBO's 'Home from Iraq'
Jon Bartlett of Norfolk, pictured here at Old Dominion University, is one of 10 former soldiers and Marines profiled in an HBO documentary that airs Sunday night at 10:30 p.m. DELORES JOHNSON THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT By KATE WILTROUT, The Virginian-Pilot © September 5, 2007
NORFOLK

Jon Bartlett knows what he'll be doing Sept. 25.
The 22-year-old college sophomore has two classes on Tuesdays: statistics and management.
He'll mark the day another way, too.
"I'm going to write something horribly depressing. I do every year," Bartlett said matter-of-factly - brightly, even. "It helps."
This Sept. 25 will be the third anniversary of the day a roadside bomb blast transformed Bartlett from strapping teenage soldier to double amputee. One of 10 former soldiers and Marines profiled in "Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq," the HBO documentary that airs Sunday night at 10:30, Bartlett describes his journey from soldier to patient to college student. The documentary was produced by James Gandolfini, former star of "The Sopranos."

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