“It’s hard to go about your everyday business knowing your son is in harm’s way, but documenting first-hand accounts of their battles helped me cope.”

So wrote Prof. Andrew Lubin in his book Charlie Battery; A Marine Artillety Unit in Iraq — the story of his son and his battery fighting in the initial invasion back in ‘03.

But this isn’t a book just about battles. It’s about a unique perspective of the war, not only from the front lines, but also from the home front.

“It’s about war. It’s about Marines. It’s about family,” Lubin says. Readers learn what it was like from those who experienced it – and from their loved ones back home who watched it unfold live on television.

Lubin’s son has been deployed twice since and has re-upped for another tour this summer.

Lubin himself was embedded in Beirut last summer, in Iraq during October ‘06, and then spent Jan-May of this year in Iraq and Afghanistan. He says with luck and financing he’ll be returning Jan - March.

Andy Lubin was awarded the 2007 Gold Medal by Military Writers Society of America and is a member of the USMC Combat Correspondents Association. He specializes in history, current events, and international relations.

He’s been on ABC, CNN, FOX, Radio Ireland… and tonight he’s on with us. Join us!

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