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Phil Lippens

The Power of War Letters

The power of a letter to evoke emotion and experience far from place and time is one of the miracles of communication. We explored that on Veterans Day this year. First Marine Lieutenant Michael Scotti read a letter he wrote on March 29th, 2003 at the beginning of the Iraq war.   Takeaway listener Mary DeChillo […]

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