Douglas Taurel
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then i go to vietnam and i go to a mother who says goodbye to her son um eleanor wimbish who i know the family now um she's son died in 68 in a helicopter crash and she goes to the wall and she says bye to her son and then after the vietnam piece i go to um oh i'm sorry after um after the first lesson, I go to the revolution. Oh, I did revolution. Then the Vietnam piece.
Then I go to second lesson. And after the second lesson, that same character comes back out and he talks about teamwork. What I learned is about teamwork. He makes fun of a soldier. And then he realizes, you know what? I've realized that we're all in this together and no man's above another man. And the way you survive is by helping your fellow man.
Then I go to second lesson. And after the second lesson, that same character comes back out and he talks about teamwork. What I learned is about teamwork. He makes fun of a soldier. And then he realizes, you know what? I've realized that we're all in this together and no man's above another man. And the way you survive is by helping your fellow man.
Then I go to second lesson. And after the second lesson, that same character comes back out and he talks about teamwork. What I learned is about teamwork. He makes fun of a soldier. And then he realizes, you know what? I've realized that we're all in this together and no man's above another man. And the way you survive is by helping your fellow man.
And that's his second lesson he learns in the military. And then I go to World War II, I do an Iwo Jima letter. And that kind of gives the realities of war, it's a really graphic piece. And then I go from there, I go to Vietnam. Vietnam Johnny, smoking a joint, talking about what being in the jungle's like, talking about people marching and protesting back home, but also wanting to get back home.
And that's his second lesson he learns in the military. And then I go to World War II, I do an Iwo Jima letter. And that kind of gives the realities of war, it's a really graphic piece. And then I go from there, I go to Vietnam. Vietnam Johnny, smoking a joint, talking about what being in the jungle's like, talking about people marching and protesting back home, but also wanting to get back home.
And that's his second lesson he learns in the military. And then I go to World War II, I do an Iwo Jima letter. And that kind of gives the realities of war, it's a really graphic piece. And then I go from there, I go to Vietnam. Vietnam Johnny, smoking a joint, talking about what being in the jungle's like, talking about people marching and protesting back home, but also wanting to get back home.
And after Vietnam, I do a jacked up guy from Iraq who doesn't know which way is home. He wants to be there with his guys. He wants to come back home. No matter what his wife says, it's so meaningless and senseless, some of the lines. I try to explain this to my wife and my friends, but they'll never understand. They'll never understand.
And after Vietnam, I do a jacked up guy from Iraq who doesn't know which way is home. He wants to be there with his guys. He wants to come back home. No matter what his wife says, it's so meaningless and senseless, some of the lines. I try to explain this to my wife and my friends, but they'll never understand. They'll never understand.
And after Vietnam, I do a jacked up guy from Iraq who doesn't know which way is home. He wants to be there with his guys. He wants to come back home. No matter what his wife says, it's so meaningless and senseless, some of the lines. I try to explain this to my wife and my friends, but they'll never understand. They'll never understand.
I go to that piece, Iraq, and then I play a woman who, she's alone, and her husband is on three deployments to Afghanistan, and she talks about, you know, I'm making dinner tonight, and I realize that I forget that when I'm preparing dinner that Mike is leaving us tonight, and then we're going to have to sit alone at the dinner table. And then I play her son who talks about, I miss my dad.
I go to that piece, Iraq, and then I play a woman who, she's alone, and her husband is on three deployments to Afghanistan, and she talks about, you know, I'm making dinner tonight, and I realize that I forget that when I'm preparing dinner that Mike is leaving us tonight, and then we're going to have to sit alone at the dinner table. And then I play her son who talks about, I miss my dad.
I go to that piece, Iraq, and then I play a woman who, she's alone, and her husband is on three deployments to Afghanistan, and she talks about, you know, I'm making dinner tonight, and I realize that I forget that when I'm preparing dinner that Mike is leaving us tonight, and then we're going to have to sit alone at the dinner table. And then I play her son who talks about, I miss my dad.
I miss when he goes away. It's not really, it's hard for me to say bye to my dad. I promised him I'd be really strong. I don't think I'm doing a really good job. And then I play a father who loses his son to suicide, Kevin and Joyce Lucy, who I know really well now. And then I play a female vet who loses her eye in combat, Nancy, who I met during COVID. And then I go to the Civil War.
I miss when he goes away. It's not really, it's hard for me to say bye to my dad. I promised him I'd be really strong. I don't think I'm doing a really good job. And then I play a father who loses his son to suicide, Kevin and Joyce Lucy, who I know really well now. And then I play a female vet who loses her eye in combat, Nancy, who I met during COVID. And then I go to the Civil War.
I miss when he goes away. It's not really, it's hard for me to say bye to my dad. I promised him I'd be really strong. I don't think I'm doing a really good job. And then I play a father who loses his son to suicide, Kevin and Joyce Lucy, who I know really well now. And then I play a female vet who loses her eye in combat, Nancy, who I met during COVID. And then I go to the Civil War.
And then I go back to Afghanistan. I play a one-armed soldier who loses his arm in combat. He's Hispanic. And then I go to World War I. Irving Greenwald. I wrote a play for the Library of Congress and a lot of his materials from that play. He fought in the Lost Battalion. And then I go to World War I and then I finished a play with the last monologue, the same guy comes out again.
And then I go back to Afghanistan. I play a one-armed soldier who loses his arm in combat. He's Hispanic. And then I go to World War I. Irving Greenwald. I wrote a play for the Library of Congress and a lot of his materials from that play. He fought in the Lost Battalion. And then I go to World War I and then I finished a play with the last monologue, the same guy comes out again.
And then I go back to Afghanistan. I play a one-armed soldier who loses his arm in combat. He's Hispanic. And then I go to World War I. Irving Greenwald. I wrote a play for the Library of Congress and a lot of his materials from that play. He fought in the Lost Battalion. And then I go to World War I and then I finished a play with the last monologue, the same guy comes out again.
And there's a guy he was making fun of in the middle. And he talks about now that guy loses his life in Afghanistan by an IED. And he's an Army Ranger. And when they say the goodbyes, they all put their Ranger tab at the memorial for their fallen soldiers. And then he says, I realize now I'm part of an amazing history. But what I realize now is I'm part of a brotherhood. And he marches away.