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- "She's Lucky" in Stars & Stripes 11/7/2013
- Barrington Author Shares Her Story Tonight 9/11/14
- Give the gift of military history
- How to Help War Vets Struggling with Emotional Numbing 2/17/2015
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- Integra Center 11/20/2013
- LINE on 3 Quarks Daily 3/29/2012
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- TIME 9/28/2011
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Half
The museum has a photograph Of a pair of shoes from 9/11, A pair of black high heel shoes That are scuffed on the sides. And seeing them Brings me back To that day, Planes hitting, Bodies falling, Or how … Continue reading
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Rounds
A soldier is standing in the darkness Next to a door, next to a compound, Holding his M4 close to his body like A child, and it is Because there is an insurgent inside, And he tells himself That all … Continue reading
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Ventricle
When a soldier deploys to war, He goes to a country with Bombs and bullets, and wears Kevlar body armor, with plates, A ballistic chest plate covering His heart, And when a soldier patrols a town, He carries his M4, … Continue reading
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Scope
When I talk about the night raids, My husband’s face closes like a door, Because I am asking how, how it works, But I should know better, Because this is war, And there are things he cannot say. What I … Continue reading
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