Chuck Hemingway is a soldier with a song. He wrote the lyrics for “Outside The Wire Again” and the song was put to music by Mark Quon. The song sheds light on the ghostly images that haunt him and the way his mind travels back to the deafening roar of an ambush: “John buddy what […]
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Veteran Verses
Central Oregon soldiers fight PTSD with music
Rod Napier is a Vietnam vet. He stands at the front of a small group, his white beard shaking with the rhythm as he strums a 12-bar blues song on his guitar with novice, but full hearted, accuracy. “Oh, Vietnam, what did you do to me?,” he sings. “You took my youth away from me.” […]