Archived Articles

2000

Terry Minnis
Spring, 2000
VMAC: Phoenix, AZ
Untitled
Prose

Francis O’Gara
Spring, 2000
VMAC: New Orleans, LA
The Rains of Armenia
Prose

Grey Eagle
Fall, 2000
VMAC: Wilkes-Barre, PA
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Poem

Cavanaugh Murphy
Spring, 2000
VMAC: Augusta, GA
THE INFANTRY SONG: “FOOT SOLDIERS”
Poem

Jim Phillips
Summer, 2000
VMAC: Roseburg, OR
SMILING MAN
Poem

James Wheeler
Summer, 2000
VMAC: Asheville, NC
ODE TO AN HONEST POLITICIAN
Poem

Patrick Cobb
Fall, 2000
VMAC: St. Louis, MO
MEDITATION
Poem

William C. Glessing
Summer, 2000
VMAC: Prescott, AZ
MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN
Poem

Alvin Stanley
Spring, 2000
VMAC: Prescott, AZ
LIVIN’ THE DREAM
Poem

Deborah J. Wedley
Fall, 2000
VMAC: San Antonio, TX
HIS SPIRIT LIVES
Poem

Walt Guyer
Spring, 2000
VMAC: Perry Point, MD
BOWLING IN THE SKY
Poem

Barry D. Martin
Summer, 2000
VMAC: White River Junction, VT
BODY BAGS
Poem

Loy L. Baker
Fall, 2000
VMAC: Columbia, MO
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
Poem

Lynda Cameron
Fall, 2000
WHY IS IT?
Poem

Ethel Enocksen Williams
Summer, 2000
VMAC: Salem, VA
WHY
Poem

Neal T. Lesh
Spring, 2000
VMAC: Wilkes-Barre, PA
WILLOW WAS HER NAME
Poem

2001

Patsy Cumbie
Fall, 2001
VMAC: Bonham, TX
WALKING MY LORD TO CALVARY HILL
Poem

Jerry Andrews
Spring, 2001
VMAC: Temple,TX
The One That Got Away
Prose

Monroe Kurman
Fall, 2001
VMAC: West Palm Beach, FL
PURPLE HEART
Poem

Larry D. Kendrick, Jr.
Summer, 2001
VMAC: Fresno, CA
OKINAWA
Poem

Jerry Andrews
Spring, 2001
VMAC: Temple, TX
NIGHT LIGHT
Poem

James William Miller
Spring, 2001
VMAC: Topeka, KS
MONDAY
Poem

Nicholas Spano
Spring, 2001
VMAC: Brooklyn, NY
LIFE FOR ME IN THE MILITARY
Poem

Jesse Moore
Fall, 2001
VMAC: St. Louis, MO
JUST A MINUTE
Poem

K. C. Larsen
Spring, 2001
VMAC: Phoenix, AZ
I’M STILL IN VIETNAM
Poem

Edward O. Rowley
Summer, 2001
VMAC: Chillicothe, OH
EDDY
Poem

Ronald Dean Boynton
Fall, 2001
VMAC: Columbia, MO
CAPTAINSHIP
Poem

Michael Jarvis
Spring, 2001
VMAC: Ft.Lyon, CO
Ask and It Shall Be Given You
Prose

William Dutcher
Summer, 2001
VMAC: Bedford, MA
ALCOHOL
Poem

Pat Romanich
Summer, 2001
VMAC: Albuquerque, NM
No Cancer
Prose

2003

Chester C. Clah
Fall, 2003
VMAC: Albuquerque, NM
NAVAJO CODE TALKERS: SILAH SUN’NA
Poem

Vivian Hath
Spring, 2003
VMAC: Danville, IL
LUCKY THE DOG AND ME
Poem

Howard Kirkman
Fall, 2003
VMAC: Pines, FL
ADOPTED
Poem

James J. Cosgrove
Summer, 2003
VMAC: Manchester, NH
A Sailor’s Surprise
Prose

Dorothy Williams
Summer, 2003
VMAC: Prescott, AZ
AIN’T I STILL A WOMAN
Poem

Don Siegrist
Summer, 2003
VMAC: Prescott, AZ
First Encounter
Prose

Richard A. McKay
Spring, 2003
VMAC: Battle Creek, MI
FIRST JUMP
Poem

Chuck Nesmith
Fall, 2003
VMAC: Loma Linda, CA
MEDEVAC
Poem

Karen A. Green
Summer, 2003
VMAC: Las Vegas, NV
OUT OF THE ASHES
Poem

Mary N. Stanley
Spring, 2003
VMAC: New York, NY
SEPTEMBER 11
Poem

Harold Holland
Spring, 2003
VMAC: Loma Linda, CA
THE ARIZONA
Poem

Bernard Vertrees
Spring, 2003
VMAC: Fresno, CA
Through Thick or Thin
Prose

Robert D. Gonzales Jr.,
Summer, 2003
VMAC: Leavenworth, KS
To Live and Almost Die
Prose

Tom H. Lowman
Summer, 2003
VMAC: Martinsburg, WV
TOGETHER
Poem

Lee Wells
Summer, 2003
VMAC: Lincoln, NE
VISITING RASCALS
Poem

Roger Conard
Fall, 2003
VMAC: Long Beach, CA
The Sound
Prose

Clifford Gaidosh
Spring, 2003
VMAC: Ft. Lyon. CO
CONFINEMENT
Poem

Fidel Ramos
Summer, 2003
VMAC: Hines, IL
LAST REQUEST
Poem

Lon E. Hudson
Fall, 2003
VMAC: Tampa, FL
An Ode to a Man Named Rowan
Prose

2004

John A. Mortimer
Spring, 2004
VMAC: Prescott, AZ
Battle Dress Fatigues
Prose

Charles Brooks
Summer, 2004
VMAC: Wilmington, DE
BIOGRAPHY: SERGEANT MAJOR
Poem

Henry Jay Tschirner
Spring, 2004
VMAC: Prescott, AZ
Booker: A Memorial Day Tribute
Prose

Clyde Jacobs
Spring , 2004
VMAC: Wilmington, DE
REPAIR MAN
Poem

Michael Harrod
Fall, 2004
VMAC: Tofus, ME
Talk about Falling Off a Horse
Prose

Ronald Coleman
Spring , 2004
VMAC: Kansas City, MO
THE FOX
Poem

Antonio E. Cirilo, Ill
Summer, 2004
VMAC: San Antonio, TX
VOICES OF THE BATTLEFIELD
Poem

Leah Ann Jones
Summer, 2004
VMAC: Kansas City
Whatever Lives Must Die
Prose

Lowell “Duke” Embs
Fall, 2004
VMAC: San Antonio, TX
The Tooth Fairy
Prose

Venerando Rapisarda
Spring , 2004
VMAC: Coatesville, PA
THE LION AND THE LAMB
Poem

Allen S. Kilnball
Fall, 2004
VMAC: Manchester, NH
THE PLEDGE (DEDICATED TO THE POW/MIA FLAG)
Poem

Tom H. Lowman
Summer, 2004
VMAC: Martinsburg, WV
Abe
Poem

Janice Walker
Spring, 2004
VMAC: Dublin, GA
A Journey with God
Prose

Wilfrid Gagen
Fall, 2004
VMAC: Bay Pines, FL
PEACE
Poem

Michael Harmon
Spring , 2004
VMAC: Wilmington, DE
MY HERO
Poem

Rick Beaty
Summer, 2004
VMAC: Topeka, KS
MONEY TALKS
Poem

Ralph V. Stockheker
Fall, 2004
VMAC: Quincy, IL
JOY AND SORROW
Poem

Johanna Levesque-Hartsog
Spring , 2004
VMAC: Albuquerque, NM
I DON’T BELONG HERE
Poem

James S. Reihel
Fall, 2004
VMAC: Chicago Heights, IL
BUT
Poem

Lee Hill
Spring, 2004
VMAC: Oklahoma City, OK
Dinner for Nine
Poem

Matthew G. Eastman
Summer, 2004
VMAC: Martinez, CA
MY NAME IS STEAM!
Poem

2005

Smokey Cleveland
Fall, 2005
VMAC: Dallas, TX
OLD GREEN HAT
Poem

Thomas R. Burns
Summer, 2005
VMAC: Mountain Hmne, TN
LITTLE DUMMY
Poem

Denise M. Titsworth
Fall, 2005
VMAC: Omaha, NE
HURT
Poem

Thomas Shurbeck
Spring, 2005
VMAC: Cleveland, OH
HERE I AM
Poem

Richard Dillion
Spring, 2005
VMAC: Danville, IL
DISDAINED OR HONORED
Poem

Richard Schroeder
Fall, 2005
VMAC: Seattle, WA
DON’T GIVE UP
Poem

Jason Wade Clark
Summer, 2005
VMAC: St. Louis, MO
BRING OUR SOLDIERS HOME
Poem

D. R. Clancey, Jr.
Spring, 2005
VMAC: Kernlife, TX
PONDERINGS OF LIFE
Poem

Joseph P. Stella
Spring, 2005
VMAC: Manchester, NH
WHEELCHAIR
Poem

John J. O’Neil
Fall, 2005
VMAC: Bedford, MA
THE AMERICAN PASTIME: BASEBALL
Poem

Gary L. Lucas
Fall, 2005
VMAC: Chillicothe, OH
ABOVE THE BEST
Poem

J. D. Marchand
Summer, 2005
VMAC: Providence, RI
ABYSMAL VOID
Poem

Rodney A. Morris, II
Spring, 2005
VMAC: Milwaukee, WI
A SALUTE FROM HOME
Poem

Thomas Emanuel, Jr.
Summer, 2005
VMAC: Miami, FL
A VET’S WIFE
Poem

2006

Ernest Tukes
Summer, 2006
VMAC: Chillicothe, OH
A MOTHER’S CRY
Poem

Eugene Kropinski
Summer, 2006
VMAC: Prescott, AZ
A Tear Shed, a Heart Broken
Prose

Helen Anderson Glass
Fall, 2006
VMAC: Tucson, AZ
A Real Long Distance Call
Prose

Herman Waschull
Spring, 2006
VMAC: Milwaukee, WI
WHAT VETERANS DAY MEANS TO ME
Poem

Jay Albrecht
Fall, 2006
VMAC: Montrose, NY
WW II AND BEYOND
Poem

Flanders Jordan
Spring, 2006
VMAC: Montrose, NY
TWIN TOWERS IN BLUE
Poem

Craig J. Schnase
Summer, 2006
VMAC: Lincoln, NE
THEY ARE STILL IN LOVE
Poem

J.B. Bramley
Fall, 2006
VMAC: Prescott, AZ
The Haircut
Prose

Michael D. Monfrooe
Fall, 2006
VMAC: St. Cloud, MN
SITTING IN THE DARK
Poem

Sharon M. Gartrell
Spring, 2006
VMAC: Memphis, TN
OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE AND THEY DON’T JUST FADE AWAY
Poem

Bradley Greer
Summer, 2006
VMAC: Detriot, Ml
MUHAMMAD ALl
Poem

Janice Walker
Fall, 2006
VMAC: Decatw~ GA
LET’S GIVE THANKS
Poem

Norman Bush
Summer, 2006
VMAC: Prescott, AZ
July 4, 1942: Company D, 341 Engineers
Prose

Josephine Kapke
Spring, 2006
VMAC: Alexandria, LA
KATRINA
Poem

Norman L. Humes
Spring, 2006
VMAC: Kansas City, MO
I Wasn’t Born on the Fourth of July
Prose

Ron Beathard
Fall, 2006
VMAC: Cincinnati, OH
AMUSEMENTS
Poem

Renee Ball
Summer, 2006
VMAC: Prescott, AZ
DEPRESSION WAITING FOR A NEW SEASON
Poem

Charles E. Hazell
Fall, 2006
VMAC: Chicago, IL
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL CRISIS
Poem

Leonard Metz
Spring, 2006
VMAC: Omaha, NE
Me an Author?
Prose

Luther Hamlett
Summer, 2006
VMAC: Topeka, KS
ONE MORE TIME
Poem

Otto Farina
Spring, 2006
VMAC: Scottsdale, AZ
SPOS’N
Poem

2007

Timothy G. Sheridan
Spring, 2007
VMAC: Prescott. AZ
HEALING
Poem

George Neville
Summer, 2007
VMAC: Dayton, OH
My Sister – My Wife
Prose

Gene Klincklnan
Summer, 2007
VMAC: Danville, IL
NO MORE – (This poem was inspired by Laurel Adams)
Poem

Francis Cresser
Summer, 2007
VMAC: Manchester, NH
Prisoner of War
Prose

Creative Writing Group
Fall, 2007
VMAC: Washington, DC
ODE TO AUTUMN
Poem

James O. Cross
Spring, 2007
VMAC: Roseburg, OR
THE LIFE OF A DRUG-FILLED KID
Poem

Marvin L. Wilson
Spring, 2007
VMAC: Coatesville, PA
WHO’S “YOUR” DADDY
Poem

Gene Stewart
Fall, 2007
VMAC: Hines. IL
TWO FEET OF SNOW IN BUFFALO
Poem

Frederick J. Bussey
Spring, 2007
VMAC: Prescott, AZ
The Bracelet
Prose

Paul Francis Creighton
Spring, 2007
VMAC: Boston, MA
SENSES CONSENSUS
Poem

Jerry Soto
Fall, 2007
VMAC: Waco, TX
I FEEL
Poem

Michael Maurice Thomas
Summer, 2007
VMAC: Milwaukee, WI
I GET TO SAY, “YOU’RE WELCOME”
Poem

Anita Massey
Summer, 2007
VMAC: Big Spring, TX
DARKNESS
Poem

Charles Fredette
Fall, 2007
VMAC: Bedford, MA
CAVEMEN
Poem

Sheryl Lorraine Opeka
Spring, 2007
VMAC: Big Springs, TX
Broken Spirit
Prose

Andy Narvaez
Summer, 2007
VMAC: Topeka, KS
ATTENTION, PLEASE
Prose

Emanuel Raymond Goldman
Spring, 2007
VMAC: Brockton, MA
ATTITUDE
Poem

Chuck Randall
Fall, 2007
VMAC: Asheville, NC
A Christmas Story
Prose

Kenny C. Trujillo
Fall, 2007
VMAC: Phoenix, AZ
A WISE MAN WILL GO THE EXTRA MILE
Poem

2008

Arthur Bradley Goans
Spring, 2008
VMAC: Las Vegas, NV
A SUBMARINER’S NIGHTMARE
Poem

Darrell V. Brown
Spring, 2008
VMAC: Kansas City, MO
A TRIBUTE TO JOSEPHINE BAKER
Poem

Mark E. Booth
Fall, 2008
VMAC: Topeka, KS
BLEEDING RELIEF
Poem

Laura Francis Leonard
Fall, 2008
VMAC: Leeds, MA
RUN
Poem

Albert Whetzel, Jr.
Spring, 2008
VMAC: Martinsburg, VA
THE ELEVEN-MAN SQUAD
Poem

Lionel P. Williams, Jr.
Summer, 2008
VMAC: Houston, TX
RECIPE TO ENHANCE ONE’S LIFE
Poem

Melvin Alexander
Spring, 2008
VMAC: Tuskegee, AL
U.S.M.C.
Poem

Andy Narvaez
Spring, 2008
VMAC: Topeka, KS
Seals?
Prose

Dennis Silas
Spring, 2008
VMAC: Danville, IL
WHY SHOULD I WRITE?
Poem

Lawrence E. Rahn
Fall, 2008
VMAC: Minneapolis·, MN
TIMES
Poem

John A. Boley
Summer, 2008
VMAC: Clarksburg, WV
IN MEMORY
Poem

George Higgins
Fall, 2008
VMAC: Tucson, AZ
HUG-A-HERO DOLLS
Poem

Thomas Rodney York
Spring, 2008
VMAC: Durham, NC
BROTHERS OF THE WALL
Poem

Sharon Gartrell
Summer, 2008
VMAC: Memphis, TN
D’Angelo Has Something To Say
Prose

Chuck Widmer
Summer, 2008
VMAC: Tacoma, WA
IN ONE SOLDIER’S HEALING
Poem

Gail Williams
Fall, 2008
VMAC: Detriot, MI
MILITARY MOMENTS, MILITARY TIME
Poem

Richard Munda
Spring, 2008
VMAC: Tucson, AZ
My Heart Make Over
Prose

Sam Tambe
Summer, 2008
VMAC: Buffalo, NY
MY P.T.S.D.
Poem

2009

Kenneth
Fall, 2009
VMAC: Miami, FL
352-B-52 VIETNAM COMBAT MISSIONS
Poem

Brian K. Powers
Spring, 2009
VMAC: St. Louis, MO
A SONG
Poem

Arnold Neil
Summer, 2009
VMAC: Minneapolis, MN
AUTO SHOW
Poem

Mark Cooney
Summer, 2009
VMAC: Danville, IL
THE BOOK
Poem

Mary K. Johnson
Fall, 2009
VMAC: Leavenworth, KS
PAIN, PAIN, GO AWAY
Poem

Erika Palmer
Spring, 2009
VMAC: Yountville, CA
World War II as Seen Through the Eyes of a Child
Prose

Ryan Christopher Smith
Fall, 2009
VMAC: Martinsburg, WV
BRING ‘EM HOME
Poem

David R. Harrington
Summer, 2009
VMAC: Kansas City, MO
FIGHTING’ FOR FREEDOM
Poem

Pat Jakylovich
Spring, 2009
VMAC: Poplar Bluff, MO
Four Flags
Prose

Benjamin J. Williams
Summer, 2009
VMAC: Kansas City, MO
GENERATION GAP
Poem

Thaerius S. Berry
Spring, 2009
VMAC: Kansas City, MO
GOOD-BYE FOREVER TO MISS COCAINE
Poem

Dean Robinson, M.D.
Spring, 2009
VMAC: Shreveport, LA
HADITHA
Poem

John Lee
Summer, 2009
VMAC: Des Moines, IA
Harry, the Changing Cat
Prose

Theoplis A. Wright
Spring, 2009
VMAC: West Haven, CT
IF MY SHOES COULD TALK
Poem

Dianna Stephes
Fall, 2009
VMAC: Long Beach, CA
KOREAN WAR MEDICS
Poem

Vera Marie Coleman Miller
Summer, 2009
VMAC: Phoenix, AZ
LOVE IS LIKE A FLOWER GARDEN
Poem

Lisa Harrod
Spring, 2009
VMAC: St. Louis, MO
MISSING MY CHILD
Poem

John Bradley
Summer, 2009
VMAC: Nashville, TN
My Guest Visitor on New Year’s Eve
Prose

Rodney Robinson
Spring, 2009
VMAC: Hines, IL
My Story
Prose

2010

Kirk Benton
Fall, 2010
VMAC: St. Cloud, MN
A User’s 23rd Psalm
Prose

Donald Szurek
Fall, 2010
VMAC: Bay Pines, FL
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime
Prose

Robert Seifert
Summer, 2010
VMAC: Utica, NY
Crazy
Prose

Bill Lowe
Spring, 2010
VMAC: Pueblo, CO
Healing
Prose

Dru Carole Gibson
Summer, 2010
VMAC: Ann Arbor, MI
I Bring You #2
Prose

Tim Segrest
Summer, 2010
VMAC: Albuquerque, NM
Ice Cubes
Prose

David Pierce
Fall, 2010
VMAC: Omaha, NE
Insomnia
Prose

Ron Barker
Spring, 2010
VMAC: Boise, ID
Iowa Autumn
Prose

Charles L. Carey
Spring, 2010
VMAC: Martinsburg, WV
Life Doesn’t End with the Loss of a Limb
Prose

John Bradley
Summer, 2010
VMAC: Nashville, TN
Oh, Come All Ye Faithful
Prose

Raymond L. Moore
Spring, 2010
VMAC: Leavenworth, KS
WAR IS A WASTE
Poem

Van Garner
Spring, 2010
VMAC: Murfreesboro, TN
What Veterans’ Voices and HVWP Means to Me
Prose