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As You Were MAG

February 3, 2011
By bahannahpeel PLATINUM, Bloomington, Illinois
bahannahpeel PLATINUM, Bloomington, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
"Schools corrupt the mind." The Loco Focos


As you were.
they always say.
But how many
Changed for the worse
after their service?
Post-traumatic stress
grief
death.
Never as they were
before.


The author's comments:
My cousin died in Afghanistan... before that he was messed up (it was his fifth deployment). I wish he hadn't had to go through all that

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