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Film: "The Good Soldier"

Tuesday 03 November 2009

by: Bill Moyers Journal  |  t r u t h o u t | Programming Note

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As Veterans Day approaches, President Barack Obama weighs sending more troops to fight in Afghanistan. (Photo: jmtimages / flickr)

Airtime: Friday, November 6, 2009, at 9:00 PM (EST) on PBS (check local listings here).

As America prepares to observe Veterans Day and President Obama weighs sending more troops to fight in Afghanistan, "Bill Moyers Journal" broadcasts a powerful documentary about the impact on soldiers of learning to kill - or be killed. "The Good Soldier" follows four veterans - one from World War II, two from Vietnam and the fourth from Iraq - as they reveal how the experiences of battle changed their lives.

  

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I lived in a VA hospital for

 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 03:00 — Eilish (not verified)
I lived in a VA hospital for 5 months with my son who was seriously injured. The night terrors were devastating to hear. My own son was a medic; his nightmares were of children. Wounded children that he could not save.

How terrible. And how

 Thu, 11/05/2009 - 01:06 — Anonymous (not verified)
How terrible. And how sadder it would seem if he was the one who wounded the children.

And as as it has been for

 Thu, 11/05/2009 - 09:36 — Anonymous (not verified)
And as as it has been for more than fifty (50) years , the three year "police action" from June 1950 to July 1953 of an active "shooting war" and an additional fifty plus years of "truce", Korea is indeed the "forgotten war". I guess it never happened?!