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UnFictional

War and the Warriors

UnFictional

KCRW

Society & Culture

4.4923 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2011

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Two soldiers on the run in Vietnam take two drastically different paths, and a producer asks soldiers in Iraq, ''What's on your iPod?''

Transcript

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0:00.0

From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Bob Carlson, and this is Unfictional.

0:06.0

Unfictional is KCRW's program of stories and original documentaries.

0:17.0

It's part of KCRW's Independent Producer Projectducers, Writers, and Performers,

0:25.0

and Today on the Program, Stories of War and The Warriors.

0:30.0

When the person coming out behind, Courtney, saw him get shot, they apparently panicked or changed their mind and they ran instead of left and followed us.

0:40.0

They took a hard right, and when they did, they all ran right into the enemy and they

0:45.4

captured them and they either killed the rest of them or took them prisoner.

0:49.9

I miss being a prisoner of war by probably 10 seconds. They could have easily captured me.

0:57.0

We could have all decided to go to the right and to the left.

1:01.0

Caught in battle, two men escape in two different directions

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and tell two very different stories

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it's double jeopardy on unfictional but first fictional. But first off, Soldiers Soundtracks to War. The music you're listening to

1:19.2

on your headphones tells a lot about you. And when you ask people about the music they like the answers will vary as much in a military base as anywhere else

1:28.3

So two years ago producer Jake Warga spent a month embedded with troops in northern Iraq and while he was there

1:35.1

he asked the soldiers what's on your iPod?

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Private first class Michael Delarrie,

1:43.6

22 First Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.

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I listen to pretty much anything that's heavy metal, but this is one of the biggest

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songs I listen to when I'm out there.

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By a group called Hollywood on battle but this is one of the biggest songs I listen to when I'm out there.

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By a group called Hollywood on Dad, the song's called On Dad.

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Gives me pump. I'll always remember my body who got

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