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Podcast: The Elsa Kurt Show
Episode: From Vietnam to Poetry: Robert Bliss's Journey of Survival and Self-Expression
Description: Robert Bliss, a decorated US Marine Corps Vietnam veteran, shares his extraordinary journey from a troubled childhood to becoming an accomplished American poet, photographer, and editor. Through raw, honest conversation, he reveals how surviving Vietnam and finding solace in nature shaped his creative perspective and spiritual outlook.• Experienced a "riches to rags" childhood, going from a comfortable life to living under boardwalks and stealing to survive• Found safety at the Johnny Andrus Children's Home after being rescued by social services• Joined the Marines after high school and volunteered for Vietnam combat at age 18• Nearly died on...