Dear God. (New and Noteworthy).PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, marks Veterans Day with War Letters, an hour-long documentary that airs letters from soldiers written during conflicts from the Revolution to the Gulf war. The letters wrestle with the profound issues of faith, suffering, love, hope, and reconciliation. "Ever since I volunteered I've I've Contraction of I have. I've I have I've have felt like a cog in a huge wheel. The cog may get smashed up, but the machine goes on. And I can't feel God is in it," one soldier writes. "How can there be fairness in one man being maimed maim tr.v. maimed, maim·ing, maims 1. To disable or disfigure, usually by depriving of the use of a limb or other part of the body. See Synonyms at batter1. 2. for life, suffering agonies, another killed Instantaneously in·stan·ta·ne·ous adj. 1. Occurring or completed without perceptible delay: Relief was instantaneous. 2. , while I get out of it safe?" Airs November 11 at 9 p.m. |
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