Basic Training Transformed Winters in Ways That Have Lasted a Lifetime.

Experiences he encountered in basic training transformed him in ways that have lasted a lifetime. Some of his exploits in Vietnam delivered similar effects.

In this segment of the Stigma Free Vet Zone podcast we meet Larry Winters, author of the book, “The Making and Unmaking of a Marine: One Man’s Struggle for Forgiveness.”

Winters’ leads us through the maze of his personal struggles and details how and why he continues to seek reconciliation for actions from a distant past.


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1 comment on “Basic Training Transformed Winters in Ways That Have Lasted a Lifetime.

  1. Kelly Neese says:

    My Father was junior ROTC, ’53-57, then joined the NAVY at 17 and was on the ESSEX and the first crew on the Independence. An electrician’s mate, E-2. He has gone to Heaven now. I loved him, very,very,very much,and I will never forget him.

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