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Prologue.
235: The Balloon Goes Up 03.21.2003
Host Ira Glass talks to Anthony Swofford, a former marine sniper and author of the Gulf War ...
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Jarhead.
232: The Real Story 02.14.2003
Anthony Swofford reads an excerpt from his memoir, Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War ...
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