MURFREESBORO — A retired
U.S. Marine who turned his military career into critically acclaimed literature
will share his experiences at MTSU.
Michael Pitre, a veteran of two tours of duty in Iraq and
author of “Fives and Twenty-Fives,” will speak at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 14, in
Room 106 of the Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors College Building. A printable campus
parking map is available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap.
A graduate of Louisiana State University, Pitre joined the
Marine Corps in 2002. He attained the rank of captain before leaving the
service in 2010 to obtain his master’s degree in business administration from
Loyola University.
“Fives and Twenty-Fives,” his first novel, tells the story
of three members of a road repair platoon during the Iraq War and their
struggles on the battlefield and in readjusting to life stateside after they
returned home.
The title comes from a warning issued to the road repair
crew: When investigating a possible roadside bomb, stay in the vehicle and scan
five meters in every direction. After the all-clear is given, get out and sweep
the territory for 25 meters. This practice helped keep the road crew alive.
Pitre will sign copies of his book following his address.
His appearance is sponsored by Writers’ Corps, a creative writing workshop
designed for student veterans, and the Blue Raider American Veterans
Organization, or BRAVO.
This event is free and open to the public. Funding for the
event is provided by the College of Liberal Arts, the Distinguished Lecture
Fund, the Peck Lecture Fund, and the Department of Communication Studies and
Organizational Communication.
For more information, contact Matthew Brown, a lecturer in
the Department of English and co-founder of Writers’ Corps, at 615-898-2503 or matthew.brown@mtsu.edu.
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