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Metallica for a Fallen Soldier
Posted in: General by Tom Beaudoin on April 20, 2009
For several years I worked as a consultant to the US Army Directorate for Ministry Initiatives, and I learned from the Army religious educators and chaplains that country, rap, hip-hop, and rock musics are part of the spiritual atmosphere for a great many soldiers.
Yesterday’s New York Times featured a story by C.J. Chivers that described the death of Pfc. Richard A. Dewater, age 21, in Afghanistan. Chivers reports that the next morning, his fellow soldiers “disassembled and cleaned their weapons and recalled their friend as they played his favorite song: ‘Nothing Else Matters,’ by Metallica.”
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