War Vets

Length 56:15
Licensor Conrad Bishop
Producer(s) Conrad Bishop
Formats Documentary, Essay, Special
Topics Historical Anniversaries, Public Affairs, War
Produced November 1, 2004
Added to PRX October 11, 2005
 

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Summary:

The voices of men and women who served in the military during times of war.-

Website:

http://www.hitching.org

Additional Credits and Funding:

Music & engineering by Elizabeth Fuller

Timely on:

November 11: Veterans' Day

Tones:

Contemplative, Emotional, Real

Language:

English

Description:

The voices of fourteen men and women who served in the military during times of war. What got you into the service? What did you do there? How were you different when you came home?

The program includes veterans from the Spanish Civil War through Vietnam ? a perspective that allows them to look back on how their extremely diverse experiences affected the whole span of their lives. It includes infantrymen, nurses, mechanics, a pilot, a medic, and people just sitting behind a desk.

It's interspersed with musical settings of quotes (both pro- and anti-war) from literature and history. The program was originally broadcast as a Veterans' Day feature on KPFA-FM, Berkeley, and five other stations in Northern California.

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