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Jasper Craven

Jasper Craven is a freelance reporter covering the military and veterans’ issues for outlets including The Intercept, The New Republic, New York magazine, and the New York Times. He’s currently at work on a book about military education in America.

A Vietnam U.S. Army soldier's helmet is barraged with pills from all sides, bullets and prescription bottles tied to its straps.

America’s Legion

November 4, 2019
In February 1958, Army Master Sergeant James B. Stanley responded to a posted notice at his base in Fort Knox, Kentucky. The flyer sought volunteers for a military trial to study and improve chemical warfare methods. “Here is your big chance to assist not only the Army, but ...