My conversation with Jess Goddell about her experience and her memoir SHADE IT BLACK: Death and After in Iraq
"To discover to the world something which deeply concerns it, and of which it was previously ignorant; to prove to it that it had been mistaken on some vital point of temporal or spiritual interest, is as important a service as a human being can render to his fellow creatures..." John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty"
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Mortuary Affairs Unit in Iraq
Every once in a while a conversation comes along that really does surprise as much as enlighten. Jessica Goodell graduated from High School in 2001. She enlisted in the Marine Corp to serve her country in a time of war. In 2004 she volunteered to serve in the Marine Corps' Mortuary Affairs unit in Iraq. The unit's mission was to recover and process the remains of dead soldiers and Iraqi civilians. Nothing could have prepared for what was to follow.
My conversation with Jess Goddell about her experience and her memoir SHADE IT BLACK: Death and After in Iraq
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My conversation with Jess Goddell about her experience and her memoir SHADE IT BLACK: Death and After in Iraq
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