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My soldier dad's goodbye tape

Tricia Davies Nearn’s father was killed in the Vietnam War when she was just two. She got to know him when, as an adult, she discovered an extraordinary archive of recordings.

Tricia Davies Nearn’s father was killed in the Vietnam War when she was just two years old. Growing up without him, she knew there was something missing, even with a loving family around her. Her mother, an ardent fan of musicals, was careful never to play music from West Side Story, for example. It was only as an adult that Tricia would discover an extraordinary archive of tape recordings that would help her to understand why, and to get to know her father better.

Picture: David Davies
Credit: Tricia Davies Nearn

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44 minutes

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Tue 15 Sep 2020 02:06GMT

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