IF YOU COULDN’T ATTEND LAST THURDAY’S SIOUXLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’S ANNUAL DINNER, YOU MISSED SEVERAL COMPELLING STORIES FROM THE FEATURED SPEAKER, RETIRED GREEN BERET LT. COLONEL SCOTT MANN.
MANN, WHO HAS HELPED RESCUE AND RELOCATE OVER 1,000 AFGHANI ALLIES OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE TALIBAN, HAS WRITTEN AND PERFORMED IN A PLAY CALLED “LAST OUT”, WHICH IS ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES SERVING IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ:
LASTOUT1 OC…ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. :23
ONE OF THE PLACES MANN’S PLAY WAS PERFORMED WAS IN VERMILLION, SOUTH DAKOTA:
LASTOUT2 OC………..WHEN HE GOES TO WAR. :27
COREY REACTED TO THAT SCENE, WHICH PROMPTED MANN AFTER THE SHOW TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM:
LASTOUT3 OC…BOMB WENT OFF. :24
THAT CONVERSATION HAS LEFT A LAST IMPRESSION ON LT. COLONEL MANN:
LASTOUT4 OC…….WITH COREY & JENNY. :17
THAT EVENTUALLY LED TO ACTOR GARY SINESE BACKING MANN’S PLAY.
LT. COLONEL MANN MAY RETURN TO SIOUX CITY IN THE FUTURE AS EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO BOOK A PERFORMANCE OF “LAST OUT” INTO THE ORPHEUM THEATER.
