In 1968, R.M. Ryan was an American trying to get out of the draft. He ended up in Germany working with the U.S. military police – away from the front lines in Vietnam but still embroiled in violence. Ryan tells his story in his autobiographical novel, “There’s A Man With a Gun Over There.” We talk to the author and poet about his wartime experience and the writing that emerged from it.
A Former Army MP Discusses the Draft, Avoiding Combat and Wartime Scars
In 1968, R.M. Ryan was an American trying to get out of the draft. He ended up in Germany working with the U.S. military police - away from the front lines in Vietnam but still embroiled in violence. Ryan tells his story in his autobiographical novel, "There's A Man With a Gun Over There." We talk to the author and poet about his wartime experience and the writing that emerged from it.
(Harvey Mendelson)
Guests:
R.M. Ryan, poet and author; author of "There's a Man with a Gun Over There"