They Were Warriors First

by Matthew Davison

Prose


Sergeant Mackey

by Dwight Jenkins

Poem


Combat Nursing

by Louise Eisenbrandt

Prose


The Nurses and Staff of My VA Hospital

by Jeffrey Saarela

Poem


Courage

by Jason Bartley

Poem


Thunderstorms

by Lawrence Langman

Poem


Purple Heart

By John Swainston, Army

Writing Type: Poem

By John L. Swainston

VA Medical Center—Kansas City, MO

 

To take a bullet,

not a test of one’s manhood

but a test of valor.

 

Your country awards you

the Purple Heart.

You no longer serve.

 

Now a member of a unique

Club–Wounded Veteran.

Now you serve your community,

helping veterans and their families.

 

The "Club" provides a scholarship

program for members, spouses,

their children and grandchildren.

Helping “…ease the cost of college

or trade school education."

 

Sacrifice to Enlightenment.

 

Our Lonely Death

by George Nolta

Poem


Metamorphosis of the Mind

by Shon Pernice

Prose


Solitude by the Sea

by William Anderes

Poem


The Nurses and Staff of My VA Hospital

by Jeffrey Saarela

Poem


Jamie and Roxy

by Richard Wangard

Prose


Empty

by Michelle Pond

Photograph