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G.I. Joe Goes to Washington

WWII vets, average age 92, transform into 18-year-olds during trips to D.C.
Brian Jennings

With a flurry of flags crossing the thoroughfare, it wasn’t a typical Sunday morning at Portland International Airport. Milling through the crowds were hundreds of flag-bearing veterans, waiting to greet their brothers and sisters returning from Washington, D.C. on an Honors Flight for WWII vets. The group—average age 92—had departed Portland the previous Thursday for […]

Posted inMusic

The Power of Music

Soldier Songs helps vets find their voice
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

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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