From Iraq: Last
Letter Home from Pfc. Jesse Givens US Army Pfc. Jesse Givens died in Iraq in the
service of his country on the first of May, 2003, in his 34th year. He wrote
this letter to his wife Melissa, his five year-old son Dakota (nicknamed
'Toad') and his unborn child Carson (nicknamed 'Bean'). He asked Melissa not
to open the envelope unless he was killed. 'Please, only read it if I don't
come home,' he wrote. 'Please put it away and hopefully you will never have
to read it.' Andrew Garland, baritone; Lee Hoiby, composer and pianist Copyright Rock Valley Music Co. 2006
"Psalm" from the song cycle Night by
Jeffrey Wood (courtesy of AmericanArtsTV)
