Seven days ago Ann Scott Tyson of the Christian Science Monitor returned home from Baghdad. As an embedded reporter with the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division, she saw and heard what most of us did not. She spoke with senior officers, attended secret briefings, and listened to battles unfolding in real time.
But more importantly, she talked to the troops, to the men and women who actually fought the war; the officers, mechanics and foot soldiers from Kuwait to Bagdad. And then she sent her stories back home; stories about how it feels to be wedged inside a tank for four days in a row, vivid descriptions of the appeal of M&M’s in the desert, and of the soldiers who wrote ‘If-I-don’t-make-it’ letters to loved ones. Covering the war, from upclose.
Guests:
Ann Scott Tyson, Special correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor.