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Before the Beaches , Captain Barnes Ware Final Message Home Before His Altimate Sacrifice at Omaha Beach, Normandy

I chose to include the image of Captain Ware’s poem so that you could see the longing for home and […]

War leaves marks that don’t always show, and slogans rarely hold the weight of what service members actually endure. In

This American Revolutionary War poem captures the voice of a soldier who fought with unwavering pride yet returned home with

Some decisions arrive quietly, without ceremony, yet carry the weight of an entire life. This essay by Jeff Kohler explores

Some moments from war never leave the people who witnessed them. In this poem, an Army veteran reflects on protesters

Some questions follow a person long after war ends. In “Where Is Hope,” a Vietnam Naval chaplain reflects on faith,

Bob Koshin Hanson served as a Navy Chaplain during the chaotic Vietnam War. This poem reflects on two intertwined wartime

This poem by Carl Nyberg is best understood in the context of his service. First as a Naval officer, then

Civil War: A Conflict of the Literate I read in an online archive of essays on writings of the Civil

As an ambulance driver during World War I, Ernest Hemingway saw the worst of war, experiences that colored his stories