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Cleaning Your Room

The Guards head to Iraq. The surge is ongoing, but it is not their surge. Instead they are listening to Elvis and Johnny Cash and throwing anything but parties at the Iraqi jail.

Patrick Hennessey reads his soldier's tale for the 21st century; an account of his experiences at Sandhurst and then on deployment in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan's Helmand Province.

The Guards are ecstatic - rumour becomes reality and they head to Iraq. The surge is ongoing, but it is not their surge. Instead they are listening to Elvis and Johnny Cash, as they throw anything but parties at the Iraqi jail.

A Sweet Talk production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.

15 minutes

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  • Thu 25 Jun 2009 09:45
  • Fri 26 Jun 2009 00:30

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