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This article appeared in the August 18, 2008 edition of The Nation.

July 30, 2008

Update on Sgt. Pequeño

Amherst, Mass.

The July 7 photo essay, "War Is Personal," by Eugene Richards, is, as I'm sure it was intended to be, shocking and heartbreaking. Please, what happened to Sgt. José Pequeño and his mother?

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About Jon Wiener

Jon Wiener started writing for The Nation in 1984. Since then he's written more than 100 stories and reviews for the magazine, many about American history, university politics, and California life. He's also professor of history at the University of California, Irvine, and a Los Angeles radio host. His most recent book is Historians in Trouble: Plagiarism, Fraud, and Politics in the Ivory Tower (New Press). more...
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