Comments on: Robert Haydon Jones and Matthew Levine

By: Evan Owen

Evan Owen — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 21:21:11 +0000

Excellent and poignant. They on the precipice and we on the edge of a future without even the children of the war. I know that place and I hoe to return. This time with my thank yous at the ready.

By: Charles DeFanti

Charles DeFanti — Mon, 27 May 2013 18:36:25 +0000

This should have been read at Arlington today, Memorial Day. Jones manages understatement like no one else.

By: Chris Egan

Chris Egan — Mon, 27 May 2013 16:47:52 +0000

Amen.

By: Malachy McCourt

Malachy McCourt — Mon, 27 May 2013 16:19:24 +0000

This story has an eloquent non ending like the war that so casually killed nearly 10,000 young lads in one fell swoop. There is no such thing as a just war or an unjust peace . Well done with an unsentimental look at banal horror as it is

By: paul zalon

paul zalon — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:28:50 +0000

Beautiful piece. Those 10,000 boys changed the course of history; I love how RHJ admits feeling proud and sad. The river changed its course, but the bridge stayed and the beach stayed and it’s all so terribly sad and wasteful and real. Matthew’s painting, while not of Normandy evokes that same sense of loss. Mr. Jones can evoke strong feelings in very simple and true ways.

By: Souren

Souren — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:41:44 +0000

A multilayered story, very well done, about time and memory. The Roman bridge at the end carries the weight of the whole narrative.

By: Quentin

Quentin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:59:36 +0000

Lovely story, Robbie. I especially liked: Frank, his Unitarian minister, had told Jimmy that there were only two prayers: “Please” and “Thank You.”

By: daniel rees shulman

daniel rees shulman — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:15:32 +0000

Extremely moving. It captures the past and the present remembering the past.

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:05:55 +0000

Both picture and story conjure up a series of powerful and somber images. The story really makes you think about – and remember – that unbelievable time – the tragedy – yet the unbelievably important victory. I shudder to think what history would be like without that sacrifice.

By: Mark Liberman

Mark Liberman — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:58:54 +0000

Not a senior citizen as yet, my memories of “B” movies and the latch key child playing war hero battlefield enactments, rekindles my youthful innocence of not wanting to wait to be a soldier. However, the Vietnam war made me rush to have my student deferrment and finally claim my winning lottery position. Reading your story makes me long for that innocence of the black and white of the bad guy, good guy roles. Makes me want to honor those that crossed that fateful bridge to protect our freedom. A profound sense of gratitude wells up in me for those that have served! Thank you Bob!