Jack
Sinking into the dull green striped chair shoved near the back corner radio, I sat listening to the brilliant teacher, preaching to the class beliefs of love and peace.
2009-12-24 00:14:41 / Rating: 65.25 / 
Story archives - tag: "war"
harriedkarie
Standing on the steps of the church where they'd just gotten married, my grandparents first heard that Pearl Harbor had been bombed and realized that they would soon be separated.
2009-12-11 11:29:26 / Rating: 249.75 /
For Me To Know
When packing for Iraq in June, I hid notes in his winter clothes, so he'd know I still loved him.
2009-11-12 10:44:13 / Rating: 728.75 /
Mitchell
The first day I wore my military uniform, a man came up to me, grasped my forearm, smiled at me and said with tears in his eyes "Thank you."
2008-12-17 21:48:14 / Rating: 505 /
shorty
You made your sister an only child after the "Half of My Heart is in Iraq" sticker on your truck became untrue.
2008-07-30 14:33:50 / Rating: 281.25 /
RedfraggleBlue
Tomorrow I'll celebrate my mother's anniversary while my long lost uncle, her brother, gets deployed to Afghanistan.
2008-05-05 10:12:38 / Rating: 223.25 /
Beth
Instead of him they sent back a folded flag, and when I was alone I tore it to pieces.
2008-02-13 13:08:48 / Rating: 2417.5 /
Jeremy
When they handed me a medal for saving a man in Afghanistan, all I could think about was how I wasn't able to save the other two.
2006-10-11 11:14:53 / Rating: 579.25 /
Lewis from North Carolina, USA
President Bush killed my father, a soldier whose burned remains are now a part of the Iraqi desert landscape, and I, longing to fit in by supporting something I did not understand, was stupid enough to vote for him the previous year.
2006-09-11 23:06:50 / Rating: 1620.75 /