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March 07, 2007 01:10 PM EST (featured date: March 10, 2007) — (In December 1944, with the end of the Second World War in Europe still five months away, Athens, the capital of Greece, was in the grip of brutal fighting between communist rebels of the ELAS military . . . more
February 15, 2007 09:16 PM EST (featured date: February 15, 2007) — Capt. Brian S. Freeman, 31, a West Point graduate and Army Reservist, left his young wife and two toddlers in Temecula, Calif., last spring to deploy to Iraq.  "Most of us here understand the . . . more
January 30, 2007 08:52 AM EST (featured date: January 30, 2007) —   How 600 American prisoners of the WW II German army escaped almost certain annihilation just days before the end of the war. This is a true story and takes place in Stalag IX A in central Germany.  . . . more
January 26, 2007 04:11 PM EST (featured date: January 28, 2007) — This essay has been making its rounds through the internet for a month now.  It is a powerful true story of a real life confrontation between a Vietnam Veteran and a Draft Dodger.  A great read!  . . . more
December 16, 2006 08:45 AM EST (featured date: December 19, 2006) — A Memory of Time Spent In A German Prison Camp I was captured by the Germans in the infamous Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944, along with 23,000 American troops in one of the worst episodes of . . . more
December 08, 2006 12:21 PM EST (featured date: December 08, 2006) — A Routine Mission Turned Into a Mission to Help Sick Child   Story from ABC news website, click this link for original article Dec. 7, 2006 – ABC News - The story of a group of Marines' . . . more
My War
by Tony H.
views: 115 | comments: 16
December 05, 2006 03:02 AM EST (featured date: December 06, 2006) — It started for me on March 20, 2003. It seems so long ago, but at the same time, it feels like yesterday...it feels like right now.  I was in the Kuwaiti desert just south of the Iraqi border waiting . . . more
July 05, 2006 07:07 PM EDT (featured date: December 06, 2006) — 1917 (c)2006, Basil Sands Oh God!   Stop the noise!  Please, please, please, stop the noise! The artillery shells had been raining down on us for what seemed like ages.  My life . . . more
1940
by Basil Sands
views: 26 | comments: 6
July 05, 2006 07:16 PM EDT (featured date: December 06, 2006) — 1940 ©2006, Basil Sands Mummy? Look, mummy, up in the sky. So many planes. The blue sky is filled with planes So high up they looked like tiny birds Loud birds They sound like thunder that never . . . more
November 06, 2006 07:40 PM EST (featured date: November 11, 2006) — [ The jungles of SE Asia are dotted with old temple ruins. These temples or wats, such as Angkor Wat in Cambodia, are the remains of several cultures such as the Champa, the Mon, the Khmer, the Thai & . . . more
October 04, 2006 05:37 PM EDT (featured date: October 04, 2006) — On October 1, 1947, the Indonesian Air Force went missing.   Robert Earl Freeberg, the one man air force, hailed from Parsons, Kansas.  A former farm boy who took to flying during World War . . . more
September 16, 2006 11:49 AM EDT (featured date: September 19, 2006) — MIKE Force: An Element of Impact In the Viet Nam War there were many units that did noble & great things. None were as unknown nor as brotherly as the MIKE Force.  The MIKE Force was . . . more
August 11, 2006 10:27 PM EDT (featured date: August 15, 2006) — My note:  My father wrote this and sent it home to his mother before he was ever allowed to write about the attack.  He got it passed Censors by sending a pair of pants home with this story pinned . . . more
August 07, 2006 01:12 PM EDT (featured date: August 07, 2006) — When I returned from vacation a week ago there were over a dozen letters in my inbox from my cousin Diane (who is now posting regularly on Gather).  She was writing these emails from Haifa where she . . . more
July 08, 2006 09:29 PM EDT (featured date: July 09, 2006) — War sucks. But sometimes it seems that, for whatever reason, it becomes necessary in almost every generation. This is a place to chronicle the events of war, it's effect on the warriors and perhaps . . . more
July 05, 2006 07:18 PM EDT (featured date: July 05, 2006) — Here They Come, 1917, part 4 (c)2006 Basil Sands Deathly Fog, 1917, Part 3 The shells have stopped on both sides.  The sound of voices has quieted. We stand on the firing ledge of our trench peering . . . more
 
War Stories
Created: Jul 05, 2006
War sucks.

But sometimes it seems that, for whatever reason, it becomes necessary in almost every generation.
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