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- Marjorie Van Halteren
- Username: mvanhalteren
- Location: Lille, France
- Joined PRX: Jan 03, 2004
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- "Christmas in the Trenches"
- Summary: Folksinger John McCutcheon describes a lesser-known chapter in world history, a 1914 Christmas Eve truce between British and German soldiers in the midst of World War I.
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Review of Christmas in the Trenches
Marjorie Van Halteren
Posted on November 27, 2005 at 09:04 AM
The (positive) response to this piece on PRX got my attention - I'm the 7th reviewer - this story about WWI soldiers calling time out in the trenches is a lovely, telling story - but certainly not "little-known" over here - there's even a holiday season film out about it this year. Are we in the US really that unaware of what war is? I will say that I think it's a nice, thoughtful piece for the holidays - and I love the song featured - but I agree with other reviewers that it's too bad the interview is over the phone - but the information is useful.