From Loyola Marymount
More than 3,000 Californians in military service have been wounded and 500 have died in the fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq -- the highest casualties, statistically speaking, in the nation. And lest anyone forget that sacrifice, a new oral history project seeks to capture the experiences of three generations of warriors from the Golden State. The dramatic narrative will be presented this weekend at the USVAA Theater in Culver City and later on campus and at the Actor's Gang Theater. The production is based on the lives of and conversations with six California veterans from three generations. They were picked from the resident- and outreach-populations of the VA Greater Healthcare System. They represent the experiences of vets from World War II, the Korean and Vietnam conflicts and the combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. After each performance, there will be open discussions with the actors, writers, the vets themselves and humanities experts.
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