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Charles Johnston Churchman, Jr.

By Martha Woodroof

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Bridgewater – At the suggestion of WMRA listener Lorie Merrow, reporter Martha Woodroof spent time with Charles Johnston Churchman, Jr. who's an active member of the group Veterans for Peace.

Mr. Churchman was born in 1929, raised on the family farm near Staunton, has a masters in English from the University of Virginia, and served in the Korean War.

Long retired from teaching and almost eighty, Charles Johnston Churchman has had time to contemplate issues of war and peace through the lens of his own experience.

Marth Woodroof has retired from WMRA and is now spending her time as a full-time writer and published author.