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Pate offers no dissertation on the hows ington, D.C. In his opening statement, he understands death, but is confused about life. or whys of Vietnam, though, and says: "I can only write about what I know, and that is a small snapshot, taken from one camera, mine." the War" still sounds familiar to those of us familiar with the Vietnam era: His snapshots are vivid. "On Losing Vietnam was a slang war. As I write, my son is just back from a distant desert battlefield with "screaming eagles" on his shoulders, screaming missiles and bombers all around him, and-- A joke of the day war. Get high before you die war; Only the dead took it seriously. CBS knew more than we did. Kent State knew more than we did jrobably--screaming men. Franklin 3ate's poems, from another place, a different war, and a different era bring today's Persian Gulf conflict into my kitchen in a way I'd almost rather not know. Franklin Pate, by the way, is an active member of the American Legion, the Kentuckiana Vietnam Veterans AssociaHeart. And the boys from Canada are still laughing. The Kennedys are dead. Johnson is dead. tion, and the Military
Appalachian Review – University of North Carolina Press
Published: Jan 8, 1991
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