January 28, 2005

Rieckhoff '98 on Operation Truth tour

Paul Rieckhoff ‘98, who served in in the U.S. Army as a 1st Lieutenant in Iraq from April 2003 to February 2004, is the founder of an organization called Operation Truth, whose mission is to “amplify the soldiers’ voice in the American public dialogue.” Rieckhoff, whom I remember from our weekly commute in the college van to teach in Holyoke as part of Prof. Sanchez-Eppler’s “Reading, Writing, and Teaching ” course, gained national attention as a spokesman for soldiers opposed to the way the Iraq war is being conducted when he delivered the Democratic Radio Address in May of 2004. The Chicago Sun-Times reports this week on a stop in the Operation Truth tour.

Brian Meacham '97 | January 28, 2005 04:25 PM | Alumni