“He asks me if I'd ever killed someone and rushes from the kitchen table, but I ask him to stay, to listen. "Collateral Damage," I say, "is the polite way of expressing the death of civilians who unknowingly mingle with the enemy." He's thirteen now, fascinated with video games glamorizing real wars. I rise to leave, and he says, "But Dad, you didn't answer my question." I did.” WarMilitaryWarfareSoldiersFather And SonCollateral DamageMilitary Families Book:My American Night Source: My American Night
“From this war, I am but a shell lodged in a desert's flesh-- bone on bone on bone.” WarMilitaryArmySoldierWarfareVeteran Book:My American Night Source: My American Night