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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the WBZ book Club. I'm Jordan Rich. A

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<v Speaker 1>few years back I interviewed Tom Keating, a local author

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<v Speaker 1>who wrote a book called Yesterday's Soldier, A Passage from

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<v Speaker 1>Prayer to the Vietnam War, the story of a man

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<v Speaker 1>who went from an infantry officer candidate to a conscientious

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<v Speaker 1>objector in Vietnam. Well, Tom recently sent me his latest

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<v Speaker 1>project called Elephants, Secrets and Submarines Stories and Essays, some

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<v Speaker 1>of them pertaining to the Vietnam War era, but not all.

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<v Speaker 1>Stories that bring us back to the nineteen sixties the

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<v Speaker 1>Vietnam era, and as he does, Tom pays tribute to

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<v Speaker 1>the Vietnam War veterans so often forgotten. Part memoir, part fiction,

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<v Speaker 1>and even a poem called Pandemic Blues, a lament during

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<v Speaker 1>the COVID pandemic. Fine writing from a thoughtful veteran who

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<v Speaker 1>cares about people and has served his country well. Elephants,

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<v Speaker 1>Secrets and Submarines Stories and Essays by Tom Keating. That's

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<v Speaker 1>another edition of the book Club. WBZ, Boston's news radio