A traumatized Iraq war veteran returns home to inform the parents of a buddy how their son died in a Baghdad
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Editors’ Choice Award “Gramps, tell me about when you were in the war,” my ten-year-old grandson Billy asked, his voice sad as it usually was after his father died in Afghanistan. We were crossing the National Mall at the foot of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., heading toward the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
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25 September, 1989 – Montevideo, Uruguay “Nazis? War Fathers?” I asked. “They are long forgotten evils, Mr. Lawton. Why resurrect old ghosts? Why bring Editors’ Choice Award back the old horrors? It’ll only cause pain to a lot of old folks. I know it’ll pain me.” I was sitting with Bob Lawton at Fun Continue reading Excerpt from War Father – Chapter One Only a few clouds rode the bright blue sky, projecting small shaded shapes on the dark green waters of Lake St. Clair when their paths crossed the sun. A light breeze raised waves too small to rock the twenty-two foot Thompson cabin February, 2011 cruiser drifting under the sun. The silence was broken by the Continue reading Young Love It all began with the shrill ringing of the telephone. Wilhelm Prenzler picked up the phone, cursing and wishing he hadn’t heard it. Editors’ Choice Award hesitantly, as seeking reassurance. Continue reading BERLIN BLUES |
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