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Vets Speak, Warrior Writers, 3

Cissy White — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 20:29:15 +0000

“We need your discards!” reads the postcard from the Vietnam Veteran’s National Headquarters. I imagine it’s from my father even though I know it’s direct mail. “Please call now,” it says, in big bold letters, underlined. They sell whatever is donated and use the profits to support state and national programs. After the word “programs,” […]

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Vets Speak, Warrior Writers, 2

Cissy White — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 10:00:56 +0000

In honor of the amazing eight women and one man who organized Vets speak, (written about yesterday), I share poems from female veterans today excerpted from the book Visions of War, Dreams of Peace: Writing of Women in the Vietnam War, edited by Lynda Van Devanter and Joan A. Furey and published in 1991 at […]

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Literary, War-Related

Cissy White — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 05:20:36 +0000

Excerpt from Farewell Darkness: A Veteran’s Triumph Over Combat Trauma We all know PTSD feels like shit. In case you’re wondering, I still have PTSD. If you think just because I’m sitting center stage, I don’t have PTSD you’re wrong. I just don’t have it as bad as I used to. I’m not here to hold […]

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