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“I wanted to see my family, but didn't want to leave the other guys. The people waiting for us were strangers, even though I knew every last one of them.”

Home Family Return Strangers Post Deployment

Book:Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Source: Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

“Who supports the troops? The troops support the troops.”

War Support Military Army Iraq Troops Ptsd Soldiers Lip Service

Book:Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Source: Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

“Unfortunately, just like bullets, you can never get words back once they have been sent out into the world.”

Regret Words Bullets

Book:Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Source: Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

“I wasn't writing home. I wasn't writing a death letter, either. I was writing a death journal, a piece of fiction meant for my family and my fiancee, Sara.”

Writing Death Fiction Journal Letter

Book:Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Source: Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

“Most likely, they were writing the same type of macho bullshit that I wrote, trying to sound tough with their words in case words were all that made it home.”

Words Soldier Deployment Memior

Book:Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Source: Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

“No matter what the reason, the ways I tried to justify the situation, the second-guessing that lingered, nothing could change the fact that people stopped existing because of me.”

War Death Survival Marine Deployment

Book:Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Source: Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

“the shooting and killing weren’t as black-and-white as most people think. The actions live in that hazy area of blown-apart stone walls and hesitations. Sometimes I shot when I shouldn’t have; other times I didn’t shoot when I should have. There was no way to explain why I did either. Everything happened so fast. Decisions had to be made. After I got home I began to see things in slow motion, see the actions that might’ve been mistakes.”

War Military Army Iraq Mistakes Decisions Remorse Soldiers

Book:Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Source: Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder