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The Last Viewing | #VeteransVoices from StoryCorps
Sometimes the comfort you need comes from someone who remembers them too.
Who it's for
Bereaved parents often long to hear their child's name and learn more about the life they lived; this story shows that longing met by chance, which can be deeply comforting.
Sad→Comforted
Feelings it meets
What it is
An animated StoryCorps short, made by Mike and Tim Rauch (the Rauch Brothers) and premiered by PBS POV on Veterans Day 2014, in which Allen Hoe, a Vietnam War combat medic, talks about his son, Army 1st Lt. Nainoa Hoe, who was killed in Mosul, Iraq, in January 2005.
Where to find it
YouTube, official StoryCorps channel (free); also on storycorps.org.
Before you start
Heads up: A son killed in war; parental grief.
Age: Ages 12+
For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Death”
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