Tag: Iraq

When War Veterans Come Home to America

In the Sunday review section of the NY Times, Phil Klay, the author of “Redeployment”, a forthcoming collection of short stories, writes on the subject of experiences of veterans in war in an article entitled “After War, A Failure of Imagination“. As a former Marine, he relates conversations with civilian friends and acquaintances on the […]

Groucho Marx and The Queen of the Desert

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Good Night, Ryan – Veterans

US Military Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. This is a NY Times Video on the subject of our Veterans returning home from war zones with scars, and the inadequate medical support that many of them receive when their tour of duty is  completed. http://nyti.ms/QTyK4L