Letter from Illinois: Lost Son. Calvin Trillin.
by Trillin, Calvin; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 69Family. Publisher: New Yorker, 2005ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Death | Iraq War (2003) | Soldiers | War and family | War casualtiesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "I know that both of Brian's parents believe that he lived a noble life. They're left with differences in how he should be remembered....If Brian had lived, I think he would have continued to please both of his parents. He wasn't supposed to be frozen as one thing or the other at the age of thirty. He was supposed to live long enough to define himself rather than to be defined by his mother or his father. Parents aren't supposed to have to decide on a headstone for their child." (NEW YORKER) The author reveals how he was affected by the death of Lieutenant Brian Slavenas, who was killed when his Chinook helicopter was shot down in Iraq, and relates how the death of their son divided Brian's divorced parents.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
Originally Published: Letter from Illinois: Lost Son, March 14, 2005; pp. 64+.
"I know that both of Brian's parents believe that he lived a noble life. They're left with differences in how he should be remembered....If Brian had lived, I think he would have continued to please both of his parents. He wasn't supposed to be frozen as one thing or the other at the age of thirty. He was supposed to live long enough to define himself rather than to be defined by his mother or his father. Parents aren't supposed to have to decide on a headstone for their child." (NEW YORKER) The author reveals how he was affected by the death of Lieutenant Brian Slavenas, who was killed when his Chinook helicopter was shot down in Iraq, and relates how the death of their son divided Brian's divorced parents.
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