When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Jennifer Sinclair, sister of Army Captain Peter Sinclair, remembered her brother before the war as fit, funny, gregarious, and “the life of the party,” she told the audience at the Hammer Museum. Peter had served in the Gulf War and as a Los Angeles police officer before being deployed to Iraq. But Jennifer received a troubling email in early 2005 from Peter, who was suffering from a severe spine injury but nonetheless insisted on staying in Iraq to lead his men. “I’m a mess, Jen,” it read. “I’m not thinking …
