Sgt. Boman talks about Time as its own sort of geography, that in the Sierra Nevada you can get lost in the when, the here and now, as easily as taking a wrong turn in the mountains.
Sgt. Boman continues this conversation about colored men who serve in the military, and their fight for freedoms that are elusive once they return from the battlefield.
Sgt. Boman tells of an encounter in Jerseydale that prompts him to consider some of the differences between being a colored soldier versus a white soldier in a time of war.
What's the power of beauty on the human spirit? Can a place be so beautiful that when we give ourselves over to that beauty we lose a part of ourselves? On a routine patrol Sgt. Boman encounters such a place.
Sgt. Boman has a birthday in Yosemite Valley and thinks about the family he has left behind in the South.
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About Buffalo Soldier Speaks
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"A Buffalo Soldier Speaks" an audio podcast featuring National Park Ranger Shelton Johnson as Sergeant Elizy Boman, Troop "K", Ninth U.S. Cavalry, who was dispatched to Yosemite National Park in 1903…