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Western Skies presents a trio of stories on Coloradans and the war in Iraq. First, Eric Whitney reports on a unit of Fort Carson soldiers deploying to Iraq. Second, he talks to a group of war protesters who participated in Camp Casey Colorado Springs. Finally, Victor Locke has the story of two women in Durango who are working to make people more aware of the human cost of war.
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Western Skies presents a trio of stories on Coloradans and the war in Iraq. First, Eric Whitney reports on a unit of Fort Carson soldiers deploying to Iraq. Second, he talks to a group of war protesters who participated in Camp Casey Colorado Springs. Finally, Victor Locke has the story of two women in Durango who are working to make people more aware of the human cost of war.
Broadcast History
October 13, 2005. Rebroadcast October 15.
Transcript
*** COLORADO AND IRAQ: THREE PERSPECTIVES ***
ERIC WHITNEY: On today’s show, we’ve got three perspectives on how the war America is fighting overseas is affecting people in Colorado. We start at Fort Carson, where another five hundred soldiers are shipping out for Iraq.
[brass band version of the “Army Song”]
WHITNEY: To the accompaniment of a recorded band, a tight formation of soldiers in tan desert uniforms assembled on a green field before the blue Rocky Mountains frosted with white on Wednesday at Fort Carson, to say farewell to the United States as they head overseas for a year’s service.
But unlike the approximately six thousand other soldiers from Fort Carson currently in Iraq, these troops aren’t focused on fighting, security and rebuilding, they’re there to save lives. Colonel Dennis Doyle commands the unit, the Tenth Combat Support Hospital.
COL. DENNIS DOYLE:...
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