Perry Brass’s elegy for Lance Corporal Greg Buckley, Jr. demonstrates the dark truth that, in war, one can’t always know who one’s enemy is.
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August 19, 2012
Bronx, New York
Lance Corporal Greg Buckley, Jr, was one of three Marines killed by an Afghan police officer at a military base in the Helmand Provnce. The Pentagon reported that the three men were killed while exercising. Greg was scheduled to go home to Oceanside, Long Island, for a visit only a few days after he was killed.
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Editor’s Note: Perry Brass is no stranger to The Good Men Project. Read his poem, “New York is Filled with Boys” and his article “When Straight Men Fall in Love: A Brief History.”
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