War Stories

Iraq Veteran Reveals His Favorite Soldier Stories

| Posted 12.14.2011

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By Paul Rieckhoff for Bookish As the last American troops come home from Iraq, Paul Rieckhoff, founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America,...

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My Father's Silent War

Laura Harrington | Posted 01.09.2012

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Laura Harrington

A gut-wrenching truth that any soldier will tell you is that you can't talk about it. The minute you make it a story, you've started to lie; you have to choose a point of view, embellish, or leave things out.

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Karl Marlantes: My Top 10 War Stories

The Guardian | Karl Marlantes | Posted 05.25.2011

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"It seems to me that a great war book must speak the truth about war; that it is mostly tedious, numbing, confusing, occasionally thrilling, filled wi...

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Get Your War On: The Cross (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Let's just say Senator POW's "cross" story just got funnier... ...

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