Tag Archives: World War II

Author PTSD Led to Billy Pilgrim, Holden

By Robin Bates | Published: May 29, 2012

It can be argued that “Slaughterhouse Five” and “Catcher in the Rye” were both shaped by their authors suffering from PTSD.

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A “Greatest Generation” Vet Reflects

By Robin Bates | Published: November 11, 2011

World War II vet Scott Bates remembers the war far differently from the images we have of it–not as heroic but as “people surrounded by dying men.”

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Reading Whitman: My 15 Minutes of Fame

By Robin Bates | Published: June 6, 2011

My 15 minutes of fame came when I read Walt Whitman’s “Oh Captain, My Captain” to the people of Slovenia. The occasion was the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. As today is D-Day, it seems a good time to tell the story.

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