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Foreword
Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt
Page 1
Preface
Editors, Military Review
Page 2
Part 1: Legacy—Historical Examples of War Poetry
Fragment 10, 7th Century BCE
Tyrtaeus, Spartan poet
Page 7
[A soldier’s poem]
H. L. Gordon, 1st Regt Minn. Vols.
Page 8
Dulce et Decorum Est
Wilfred Owen
Page 10
Through a Glass, Darkly
Maj. George S. Patton Jr.
Page 11
Aristocrats: “I Think I Am Becoming a God”
Keith Douglas
Page 13
A Last Moment Caught
Tom Sheehan
Page 14
Korean War Poem
Lt. Cmdr. (Ret.) Roberto J. Prinselaar
Page 15
A Man Less Than His Best
Charles A. Peters
Page 16
9/11
Kevin Rowley and Tisdale Sask
Page 19
9/11 Attack on the Pentagon
Charles E. Cooke
Page 20
Part 2: Original Submissions to Military Review during the Global War on Terrorism, 2001–2021
Anecdote of Antiquity
Maj. Jeffrey Alfier
Page 22
Notification: To a KIA, Baghdad Iraq, October 2005
Lt. Col William Adler
Page 23
Afghan People
Maj. Walter Piatt
Page 24
Afghan Soldiers
Maj. Walter Piatt
Page 24
An-Safwan, OIF 1, 2003
Maj. Theodore E. Lockwood II
Page 25
Forgotten Stones: A Prayer
Lt. Alexander Thymmons
Page 26
Soldier
Lt. Col. Walt Piatt
Page 27
The Loss of Private Waller
Maj. Jerry Drew
Page 28
Quiet Nights in Al-Asad
Sgt. Katharine S. Dahlstrand
Page 29
4 Months In
Sgt. Katharine S. Dahlstrand
Page 30
Hamsi
Lt. Col. Sean Michael Salene
Page 31
Darkness from Tarin Kowt
Maj. Adam Carson
Page 32
Going Home
Maj. Zoltan Krompecher
Page 33
Our New Camouflage
Maj. Jeffrey Alfier
Page 35
Early Risers
Maj. Jeffrey Alfier
Page 36
Dogs and Soldiers
Master Sgt. (Ret.) Chuck Doig
Page 37
Unlike Antoine Lavoisier
Capt. Benjamin Buchholz, U.S. Army
Page 38
Baghdad April
Dr. Steven Metz, U.S. Army War College
Page 39
At the clinic of Ibrahim Higer
Capt. Benjamin Buchholz, U.S. Army
Page 40
Dreamseeds
Maj. Todd Schmidt
Page 41
Meat Maker
Maj. Stephen Douglas Pomper
Page 43
Inshallah
Lt. Col. Prisco Hernandez
Page 44
A Question of Trees
Maj. Mike Matthews
Page 45
Talk versus Do
Major Edward L. Bryan
Page 46
Us versus Them?
Maj. Edward L. Bryan
Page 47
Smells
Maj. Edward L. Bryan
Page 48
The Return
Maj. Theodore E. Lockwood II
Page 49
Twilight in Ar-Ramadi
Maj. Joseph A. Jackson
Page 50
Answering the Village Elder in Qandahar Province
Dr. Stephen Sossaman
Page 51
IED
Maj. Edward L. Bryan
Page 52
Days of the Week are Dead to Me
Capt. Thomas J. Carnes III
Page 53
Restive Reminiscence
Sgt. Trent Schmidt
Page 54
Scars
Sgt. Trent Schmidt
Page 55
Praying for the Scars to Come
Maj. Todd Schmidt
Page 58
Influence—Helmand Province—2012
Capt. Chad Lewis
Page 60
Ode to Honor
Capt. Joe Miller
Page 61
Musings
Maj. Dustin E. Lawrence
Page 62
“casuals”
Staff Sgt. Ashley Garza
Page 63
A Soldier Hits the Dirt
Master Sgt. Timothy R. Ryan
Page 66
The Talib
Capt. Chad Lewis
Page 67
The Citadel
Maj. Wes Moerbe
Page 68
A Father’s Packing List
Maj. Tom Anderson
Page 69
Patriots
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Harry F. Buggins
Page 70
Our wrath remains
Lt. Col. David S. Eaton
Page 71
Boots
Maj. L. Burton Brender
Page 73
Poem of a Soldier
2nd Lt. George Bruner
Page 74
Field Stripping the M4 Rifle
Maj. L. Burton Brender
Page 75
The Men Who Have No Name
Staff Sgt. Christopher M. Rance
Page 77
Have I Ever Been to War?
Lt. Col. Ryan “Rhino” Hill
Page 78
Walls
Lt. Col. Kevin M. James
Page 79
Standing Fast
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Todd Kenneth Hulsey
Page 80
Peace in Iraq
Maj. Gen. Walter Piatt
Page 81
Leaving Afghanistan–2021
Maj. Paul Faust
Page 82
An After-war Poem
Lt. Col. William Adler
Page 84
The Curse
Maj. Marshall McGurk
Page 85
Dress Code
Kelly Hedglin Bowen
Page 86
So I was a Coffin
Gerado “Tony” Mena
Page 87
Scattered Soldiers
Col. (Ret.) Dwayne Wagner
Page 88
Part 3: Research
Introducing “Arts and Letters, War and Peace”—2023
Page 89
Arts and Letters, War and Peace: What Painters and Poets Can Teach Us About International Politics
Robert E. Williams Jr., PhD
Page 90
Photo Sources
Page 105
Medal of Honor
Maj. John J. Duffy
Page 111
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