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Rory Fannings odyssey is more than a walk across America. It is a gripping story of one young mans intellectual journey from eager soldier to skeptical radical, a look at not only the physical immenseness of the country, its small towns, and highways, but into the enormity of its past, the hidden sins and unredeemed failings of the United States. The reader is there along with Rory, walking every step, as challenging and rewarding experience for us as it was for him.Neil Steinberg, Chicago Sun-TimesPat Tillmans death by friendly fire was covered up just days before his comrade Rory Fanningwho served in the same unit as Tillmanleft the Army Rangers as a conscientious objector. Disquieted by his tours in Afghanistan, Fanning sets out to honor Tillmans legacy by crossing the United States on foot.
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Rory Fanning walked across the United States for the Pat Tillman Foundation in 2008-2009, following two deployments to Afghanistan with the 2nd Army Ranger Battalion. He is a war resister, military counter recruiter, and writer living in Chicago, Illinois. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, the Nation, Mother Jones, Salon, Truthout, TruthDig, TomDispatch, Jacobin, Socialist Worker and others. He speaks at high schools and universities about his walk across the US and his experience in the military. Follow him on Twitter @RTFanning.
