The Green Movement at US Universities
07 July 2011
DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.
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I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our show, we have a new album from guitarist Pat Metheny ...
And we tell you what some universities are doing to become more environmentally friendly ...
But, first, we hear the story of a soldier who served in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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A Soldier's Story
Michael Johnston
DOUG JOHNSON: Fireworks filled the sky Monday night as Americans celebrated Independence Day. On July fourth, seventeen seventy-six, colonists meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, approved the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. Eight years of war -- the American Revolution -- lasted until seventeen eighty-three.
This week the celebrations included events to honor members of the military. Military service is voluntary, and less than one percent of Americans serve. Special English writer Kim Varzi recently met a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and asked him to tell his story.
Michael Johnston served in the Navy and, later, on active duty as a sergeant with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. He worked with helicopters.
MICHAEL JOHNSTON: "My main role was aviation maintenance, so we made sure the aircraft were maintained daily. And then when needed we would also fly. We would rotate through and fill in the gaps, make sure people weren't getting burned out and were able to have time off. That pretty much was our main objective while we were deployed.”
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