| Description |
xxiv, 148 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Spring / SPC Chantal Ogaldez -- Deployment / SFC Billy Wallace -- Karbala, Iraq / SFC Billy Wallace -- How every soldier leaves / SGT Catherine Lorfils -- They were just kids / PFC Anonymous Female -- Meltdown / SGT Jarrell Robinson -- Sat phone black op / SGT Sean Moore -- Hell of a long day / SPC Karl Mulling -- Protection / Marie Mulling -- Our lives today / Marie Mulling -- Coincidence / PV2 Anonymous Female -- B-hut blues / SFC Michael Bramlett -- Bombed / SrA Michal Sakautzki -- The hardest good-bye / SGT Latayna Orama -- Routine mission / SGT Kevin Zimmerman -- A woman, a boxer / PVT Veneta White -- Little girl, run . . . it's not safe here / SGT Jose Githens -- Death through a 9x scope / SGT Anonymous Male -- My great sadness / SGT Christopher Williams -- West ash street / SGT Michael Diggs -- Busted / SGT Jessie Evans -- Disappointment / SGT Jessie Evans -- More day / SGT Jessie Evans -- I would rather die in Afghanistan / SGT Elether Fareaux -- A moment of silence / PVT Emily Anderson -- Words unspoken / SPC J. J. Saldana -- Freedom / SSG Trina Priddy -- The big bang / SPC Anonymous Male -- He's gone / PVT Eneshia Myles -- Another day in paradise / SGT Benjamin Lowery -- Journal entries / A1C Nicolas Gonzalez -- Field of fire / SGT Jeffrey Lambert -- New parents day / TSGT Jonathon LeMaster -- Roses / SGT Josh Wyly -- Moving on / SGT Joseph Colvin -- Anna Maria / SGT Dan Yoke -- On the shoulders of dead men / SPC Andrew Stock -- The hate / SPC Andrew Stock -- Soldiers tell why writing classes in a war zone matter -- On teaching writing to soldiers and veterans -- Writing prompts -- List of abbreviations and military rank. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Afghan War, 2001 -- Personal narratives, American.
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Soldiers' writings, American.
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United States -- Armed Forces -- Military life -- Anecdotes.
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United States -- Armed Forces -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Leche, Christine Dumaine, 1949-
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Turner, Brian.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780813934112 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780813934129 (electronic bk.) |
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