Posted: Sun Feb 20, 05 10:22 am Post subject: An excellent programme
This is unmissable, an amazing record of one persons Vietnam. An extremely intelligent and witty guy:
Radio 4 Saturday 20:00 The Archive Hour
Lance Corporal Baronowski's Vietnam
Lance Corporal Mike Baronowski was killed in action in Vietnam on 29 November 1966. He left behind an extraordinary legacy of recordings which he had sent home to family and friends, containing vivid and often comic reflections on his war experiences.
In this award-winning programme the story of his life and death is told through the tapes, which were left to collect dust on top of a cupboard for thirty-odd years, and from the differing perspectives of two Marine comrades and Baronowski's own brother and sister.
13:30 Life after Vietnam
Following the broadcast last night of the Sony Award winning documentary Lance Corporal Baronowski's Vietnam, producer Alan Hall brings the stories of the Marine's family and comrades up to date.
Baronowski's sister shares her fears on learning of her son's determination to join the army; Alexander reveals how even now he finds it impossible to listen to his brother's tapes; Ray Borowski tells of the battle that led to his medical discharge from the Marine Corps and Tim Duffie explains why and how he managed to track down his old comrades and the family of his dead friend.
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