PFC John Borero died nine years ago, but his parents cannot know with certainty that the body returned to them is that of their son. Debbie DeMello speaks here on behalf of her family.
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Award-winning journalist Ginny Stein of SBS Dateline in Australia reported on LaVena’s death and the issue of sexual assault in the US military. The program, “Dark Secrets,” aired on May 29, 2009 in Australia, but is still available for online viewing.
The Los Angeles Times has published a story by David Zucchino on Lavena Johnson, her death in Iraq, and her family’s ongoing struggle to repudiate the Army’s claim that she took her own life. It
Reporting from Florissant, Mo. — Inside the tidy suburban St. Louis home of John and Linda Johnson, no photos of [...]
LaVena’s father, Dr. John Johnson, will be interviewed by Scotty Reid of the Internet-based Black Talk Radio Network on Monday, January 19, at 8pm Eastern:
PFC LaVena Johnson lost her life in Iraq on July 19, 2005. Although the U.S. Army has ruled her death a suicide, the evidence would suggest that this was not [...]
Thinking about soldiers makes my heart hurt, a little.
For the past three years, anything and everything having to do with the American military – especially the US Army – has been influenced by my understanding of the events surrounding the death in Iraq of Pfc. LaVena Johnson of Florissant, Missouri. The ruling of suicide as [...]
From an article by activist and retired Army Colonel Ann Wright in Truthout:
The October 14, 2008 editorial in the Fayetteville, NC Observer “Our View: Military Domestic Violence Needs More Aggressive Prevention,” focused on the murder of four military women in North Carolina and contained a startling comment: “In a way, it’s surprising that there aren’t [...]