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In Memory of Poncho Bebe

The author and Poncho Bebe posing for the camera outside the gates of Camp Taji, Iraq.

A routine patrol starts off as any other. But the brutality of war comes swiftly and suddenly, and spares not even the most innocent.

By Anonymous

Hatred

Handwritten poem of hatred and anger by an Iraq war veteran living with PTSD.

An Army combat veteran vents his anger, and pleas for peace of mind from the turmoil he brought home from Iraq.

By Anonymous

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