L.A. Times - Dana Parsons http://www.latimes.com/news/local/orange/la-columnist-dparsons,0,5817103.columnist?track=rss en ©2009, Los Angeles Times Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:05:48 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/images/standard/lat_logo_rss.gif Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/news/local/orange/?track=rss 144 19 Vietnam veteran's lyrical look at war's toll http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/DanaParsons/~3/VAHgBYLzkTA/la-me-parsons12dec12,0,3556403.column But the Capistrano Beach songwriter says the meaning doesn't have to be limited to that kind of loss. <br/><br/> He was a young man who went to Vietnam near the end of '69 and paid the price. Not the ultimate price, because Richard Stekol didn't come home in a body bag. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/n9M8sZgYspzabJki-5SMhdAqg3I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/n9M8sZgYspzabJki-5SMhdAqg3I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/n9M8sZgYspzabJki-5SMhdAqg3I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/n9M8sZgYspzabJki-5SMhdAqg3I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DanaParsons/~4/VAHgBYLzkTA" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/orange/la-me-parsons12dec12,0,3556403.column?track=rss