Psychological stress of deployment follows soldiers, airmen home

20.05.12

Iraq War

Names: Operational Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn

Dates: President George W. Bush announced the war Walk 20, 2003. The last U.S. troops pulled out Dec. 18, 2011.

Killed: 4,470 service members

Source: Rapid City Journal

Once upon a time in the Midwest

20.05.12

"When you be deprived of that sense of community, there's some spiritual breakdown that occurs. And when that occurs, you just get shot off somewhere where nothing seems to quandary."

These words may sound like a state-of-the-nation address delivered in 2012, but they were in actuality spoken by Bruce Springsteen about his 1982 album Nebraska. Nearly 30 years after its first release, the record retains its hold over Bruce's fans and fellow songwriters, many of whom see it as his finest hour.

Source: Irish Independent