“It hadn't occurred to us that our country might go to war, and that if it did, we'd be the ones fighting it.” WarIraq WarWar QuotesFighting War Quotes Book:Alive Day: A Memoir Source: Alive Day: A Memoir
“Young women wore colorful new dresses with high heels and false eyelashes. They clashed against the parking lot backdrop, dust whirling around them. There were babies too young to have ever met their fathers, parents holding each other in anticipation as they waited for their sons and daughters to arrive home from war. Cleve's unit--Third Battalion, Eighth Marines--had been gone seven months. Though everyone was excited to see those who'd survived, we also anticipated the sadness that would inevitably wash over us when the buses emptied too soon.” WarIraq WarHomecomingDeploymentMilitary FamiliesDeplloyment QuotesMilitary Homecoming Book:Alive Day: A Memoir Source: Alive Day: A Memoir
“Brittany was lonely. She'd had Dillon during Carson's first deployment, and when he returned, he didn't seem very interested in getting to know his son. Then, half a year later, he was gone again. The baby could walk now, and Brittany had gotten used to being a single mom. She would have to adjust her life to fit a husband into it again.” WarIraq WarDeploymentMilitary LifeMilitary SpouseMilitary WifeMilitary Families Book:Alive Day: A Memoir Source: Alive Day: A Memoir
“At first, I hated the men who hurt him. I hoped that the other Marines were able to find and kill the bastards who did this. I wanted revenge. But as time passed, I found myself wondering what the men's names were. What they had had for breakfast that morning. Whether they had families. I wondered what it was exactly that made them want to do it. To kill. I wondered how many of their loved ones had been wounded or killed in the war. I thought about how much they must hate us, too.” WarDeathHateRevengeIraq WarWar QuotesWar In IraqKilled In War Book:Alive Day: A Memoir Source: Alive Day: A Memoir