Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/poet-responds-to-lists-of-americans-killed-in-iraq Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Poet and Vietnam veteran Wyatt Prunty responds in verse to the NewsHour's broadcast of photos of American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. WYATT PRUNTY, Poet: My name is Wyatt Prunty and I served in the navy during Vietnam.I was a near-sighted gunnery officer and I don't think I hurt anyone.That was a difficult time for many; difficult for some of us because while we disagreed with the war itself, we believed we could not refuse to serve.