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"The Making and Un-making of a Marine"by Lawrence Winters |
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Larry Winters & Scott Thompson were interviewed on the "Pat O'Dwyer Show"
WTBQ (1110 AM) on Friday April 22, 2011 at 9:10 am |
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Larry Winters & Scott Thompson were interviewed on "Voices of Wisdom" (Wisdom University on PRN-Progressive Radio Network) Our guest is Larry Winters, a psychotherapist, poet, author, playwright, veteran, and Ph.D. student at Wisdom University. Larry is co-director of Veteran-Civilian Dialogue in New York City, which empowers veterans to fully re-integrate into civilian society and educates civilians to the unique needs and strengths of returning military personnel. He is the author of “The Making and Un-Making of a Marine” and the play “Nothing Means Nothing.” We’ll be joined by Scott Thompson, co-director of Veteran-Civilian Dialogue. Scott is a psychotherapist and Director of Social Dialogue and Training Initiatives at Intersections International, which is dedicated to promoting justice, reconciliation and peace across lines of faith, culture, ideology, race, class, national borders and other boundaries that divide humanity, and the sponsor of Veteran-Civilian Dialogue. We’ll talk with Larry about his journey from war veteran to healer, and with both men about the ways that wisdom studies infuse Veteran-Civilian Dialogue. |
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Larry Winters was interviewed on
"Here's
To Your Good Health" on Saturday, August 4 at 11:00 am ... To hear Larry's interview, click each of the following times:
Used with permission. |
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Larry Winters was interviewed on
Community
Voices on WJFF
(90.5 FM) Catskill, NY hosted by "Gandalf" on Saturday June 2, 2007
... To hear Larry's interview, click:
28
minutes Used with permission. |
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Larry Winters was interviewed on
The
Woodstock Roundtable on
WDST (100.1 FM) Woodstock,
NY hosted by Doug Grunther on Sunday April 15, 2007
... To hear Larry's interview, click:
27
minutes ... To hear the entire show go to the Woodstock Roundtable link above and click "LISTEN ONLINE" |
In the News
Veterans And Civilians Break Silence, Help Each Other Heal War doesn’t only touch the lives of those on the front lines -- it extends to all of us, whether we’re conscious of it or not. That’s what the Veteran-Civilian Dialogue aims to highlight by bringing together members of the two groups, which can often seem polarized, for the purpose of healing. The Huffington Post Alana B. Elias Kornfeld First Posted: 04/25/11 12:58 PM ET Updated: 04/26/11 04:55 PM |
War Veterans and Civilians in
Dialogue ... and a half years ago: there have been similar events in Seattle, Indianapolis and on the Internet, via the virtual world Second Life. ... New York Times. February 8, 2011 - By KAREN ZRAICK - N.Y. / Region |
Afghanistan reminiscent of Vietnam, two veterans say
In his speech at West Point Tuesday, President Obama rejected the notion that his plan for further involvement in Afghanistan has any parallel to the Vietnam conflict. But parallels abound for two New Paltz Vietnam vets; a third Vietnam vet says he sees parallels to the Iraq war. New Paltz native Larry Winters joined the Marines out of high school and served in Vietnam in 1969 and 1970. He is also the author of "The Making and Un-Making of a Marine," an autobiography. While he thought the president did a good job of explaining the situation in Afghanistan, Winters doesn't like what he sees down the road. "The strongest parallels I see between Afghanistan and Vietnam is the military leadership making the same kind of impossible-to-win decisions. The lives of U.S. soldiers are being spent on issues that are remote to our homeland." ... [Full text of article (on Times Herald-Record website will open in a new window)] |
By Jeremiah Horrigan
Some of us have taken an oath, swearing a solemn pledge, at one time or another. Those of us who have been in the military have all taken an oath that put our lives on the line for our country. But many Americans have never taken a serious oath of any kind, especially not an oath that pledges any kind of commitment to this country. Is it time now for a “Citizens Oath”? ... [Full text of article from VietNow National Magazine (will open in a new window)] |
by Larry Winters"Larry Winters' Story: Can a Marine be unmade?" Featured "WARRIOR STORY" from Not Alone, January 25, 2009 Larry Winters is the author of The Making and Unmaking of a Marine, and he has spent a great deal of his life since the Vietnam war figuring out that very concept. ... [Full text of article with with sound clips from Larry's Story (on Not Alone website will open in a new window)] |
"Breaking the Trance of Denial" by Anne Pyburn from Chronogram Magazine, January 27, 2009 Across eras and cultures, harsh lessons have been considered essential to manhood: physical discipline, emotional suppression, competition. Larry Winters learned well, becoming a United States Marine during the Vietnam War, when that notion of manhood was being widely (and often unkindly) questioned. .... ... [Full text of article (on Chronogram Magazine website will open in a new window)] |
"The Lingering Trauma of the Vietnam War" by Eve Marx from the Bedford-Pound Ridge Record Review Friday, November 16, 2007 [used with permission] On Friday, Nov 9, Larry Winters, a sernior clinician at Four Winds Hospital, Vietnam War veteran, and autorh of "The Making and Unmaking of a Marine, gave a talk and preenentation on post-traumatic stress disorder.... [Full text of article in PDF format] |
Newspaper Article Abstracts
Abstracts of newspaper articles regarding Larry Winters and his work.
Each abstract ends with a link to the full text of the article (where appropriate
on the original website).
From Creations Magazine (online) August/September 2007 Issue
So Many Wars – So Little Learned “The wars we have fought since Vietnam, the ones we still fight today, suggest that we have not yet learned from our mistakes,” Larry Winters said to a church congregation this past March. He then read from a piece he called the Khe Sanh Address, a reference to the Gettysburg Address, written for the occasion as follows: ... [Full text of article (on Creations Magazine website will open in a new window)] |
Two-front war By Bonnie Langston, Freeman staff 05/03/2007 A memoir by New Paltz Vietnam War veteran Larry Winters has elicited a ticker-tape parade of sorts, a celebration neither he nor his comrades in the war experienced decades ago upon their return home. The belated parade is a quiet one - a stream of readers perusing his "The Making and Un-Making of a Marine: One Man's Struggle for Forgiveness," the first published work by the New Paltz Millrock Writers Collective. ... [Full text of article with photos (on DailyFreeman.com website will open in a new window)]
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Rocket Attack Larry Winters poem, Rocket Attack, appears in the January 2007 issue of Cronogram.
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Poems of Pain Help Him Heal War's Trauma
"In the Spirit" Feature article Times Herald-Record
Monday, March 19, 2007 Washingtonville — Before Larry Winters began his speech yesterday, he asked everyone to stand, one by one, and call out the names of people they know serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. So, one by one, several dozen Unitarian worshippers at St. Anne's Episcopal Church called out, about two dozen names in all, including one response from a young man with short-cropped hair. "I know too many people to know just one," the man said. So Winters, a licensed mental-health therapist, poet and author, began. The silver-bearded and bespectacled New Paltz native spoke in a baritone voice that commanded, as his body shook. The author of "The Making and Unmaking of a Marine: One Man's Struggle for Forgiveness" had never before spoken about his work before a large audience, he explained to the Times Herald-Record. ... [Full text of article with photos (on Times Herald-Record Online website will open in a new window)] |
Letters to the Editor
Abstracts of letters to editors by or regarding Larry Winters and his work.
Each abstract ends with a link to the full text of the article (where appropriate
on the original website).
From the Times Herald-Record March 22, 2007
Inspiring Article If we truly love our nation, our men and women in harm's way, we have to pray like never before to ask God to end this senseless madness. I know that this is actually on everybody's heart. We need the courage to speak out. We need to pray for our country, and for the entire world. Let us take Winter's example that through writing poetry and producing art, we all can make a difference. Often the deepest longing in a person's heart is best expressed in the different arts. Forgiveness is a power and not a weakness. I have tried to express this in various ways over the last 35 years. This is the only way to end all conflicts between nations and between people.
J. Christoph Arnold ... [Full text of article (on Times Herald-Record Online website will open in a new window)] |
WINNING THE WAR WITHIN By Jude Treder-Wolff The devastating effects of war on a person's soul and mind are of particular urgency and resonance right now because of the current world situation with wars in Afghanistan and Iraq dragging on with no end in sight. On his website ... Larry Winters, BPS, LMHC, includes a disturbing statistic from the last major war that has stark relevance to our country at this time. "As of today," he writes, "over 100,000 Viet Nam veterans have committed suicide. It does not take much foresight to project what society will look like ten to fifteen years from now if we don't address the men and women returning home. Homelessness, suicide, battering, and joblessness will become more rampant, costing society financially as well as emotionally." ... [Full text of article] |
"This article appeared in the Winter 2007 issue of the Psychodrama Network News, the official newsletter of the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama, www.asgpp.org "
Letter to the Editor New Paltz Times Thursday, March 1, 2007 Larry Winters, Author of: The Making and Un-making of a Marine What do we care about these days? The amount of snow to shovel off the sidewalks? Where we will go out to dinner next weekend? Who we are not getting along with at work? How much it will cost at the supermarket when we go shopping? Do we want pepperoni or mushrooms on our pizza or the fact that the death count in Iraq is at 3,131 on February 18, 2007 and the causality list at 32,544, the US mill for making soldiers is in full swing? ... [Full text of article] |
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