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Far Along on the Road That Doesn’t Come Back—Retracing the Steps of War Journalist Ernie Pyle
Author David Chrisinger spent the past four years walking in war journalist Ernie Pyle’s footsteps for his new book. This excerpt first appeared in “The Soldier’s Truth: Ernie Pyle and the Story of World War II,” from Penguin Publishing…
The True Consequence of War Demands Generations of Profound Loss
When the casualty notification team arrived at the door down the street, you dropped everything, and in a blinding rush toward her, saw that she was in the car in her driveway, the ignition on and her eyes fixed forward on infinity. Her son…
‘Please Come and Apply’—The PACT Act Is the Largest Expansion of Veteran Benefits in Decades
On Aug. 2, after six days of sleeping on the steps of the Capitol Building in Washington, Rosie Lopez-Torres breathed a sigh of relief. The Senate, after considerable back and forth, finally passed the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson…
You Don’t Need to Thank Me for My Service. I Needed It More Than It Needed Me.
I’m proud of my service. Let me get that out of the way up front. But I don’t parade my service around. I don’t wear clothes that advertise it. There are no bumper stickers on my car. I rarely bring it up in conversation.Most people are…
Special Forces Soldiers Reveal First Details of Battle With Russian Mercenaries in Syria
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I Expected to Miss Him When He Deployed. Then There Were the Things That Snuck Up on Me.
There were things that I expected to miss when my husband deployed. His laugh, his smell, sleeping next to him in bed. His him. And then there were things that snuck up on me.Katalina in June 2016. Photo courtesy of the author.
I missed…
A Chunk of My Life Was Taken From Me. You Could Say I Had a Bad Attitude.
When I returned from Vietnam in February of 1969 I had a bad attitude—a very bad attitude.I joined the Air Force to escape college and a broken heart (another story entirely). It turned out that the discipline, order, and focus the Air…
It’s Every Young Marine’s Dream. But I Don’t Like This Story.
Marine Maj. Andrew Hesterman first saw combat up close as a grunt during the Gulf War. His career culminated as an officer in the Iraq War, where he directed air support for the Marines in Fallujah. In this excerpt from Radioman: 25…
‘I’ll Be Your Wingman’–I Was a Pilot. They Were My Brothers. I Can Still Feel Them.
Editor’s note: This is Part II of a two-part story. Read Part I here.IMPACT plus one second
Tumbling end over end, the remaining intact portion of the number four aircraft plummeted toward earth with Vince strapped to his ejection seat. He…
‘Lead, Follow, or Get out of the Way’–We Really Did Live That Way.
IMPACT minus 2 hours and 1 minuteYou could always identify the schedulers. They were the ones who ran from room to room attempting to fill flight sorties when instructor pilots had canceled for some reason or another. That morning was no…
Play Hard. Get Dirty. Use Good Saop.