Memorial Day - "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak"

Battles of the First World War Podcast by Mike Cunha

May 25, 202610:13Society & Culture

A short exploration of the American poet Archibald MacLeish's connection to the First World War, and his poem "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak." The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak Nevertheless they are heard in th...

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