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Lee Simmons sent me another poem and it’s great.
I know you loved his first poem, so I’m proud to share this one with you too. Lee’s a hell of a writer and we’re fortunate to have him writing for us.
THE BABIES KNEW
It all happened during [...]
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Veterans’ Writing Project is proud to introduce a poem from a new voice in our family of veteran writers. Lee Simmons is a Vietnam Veteran, February 1970 thru April 1972. I just received this poem and couldn’t wait to share it with all of you. This truly gave me chills when [...]
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Bill Herridge is a true American Hero. He’s also a very good friend of mine.
I stole this picture off his Facebook because he’s in full dress uniform. A hero in war and a hero in civilian life, Bill gives all he has to his family, his country and his friends. I [...]
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Ernest Griffith sent me this poem a few weeks back, and by the mystery of the gods, it got misfiled and not published. This poem expresses so many of the ideals and plans for the Veterans’ Writing Project. Ernest’s poem is exactly what the Project is all about – Giving the [...]
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This poem was submitted by Jerry Bicadore. You probably don’t recognize that name but I assure you, he’s one hell of a hero.
I was surfing for veterans’ stories last August and came across a story in The Charleston Daily Mail regarding a protest at Westboro Baptist Church. I’m not going [...]
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“Now why in the world they choose to attack the United States…” – Richard Cunningham, USN Retired, Survivor of the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
It gives me a great deal of pride to feature my great and good friend, Richard Cunningham, one of the last few American survivors of that “Day [...]
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I’ve become a huge fan of Ed Coonce’s writing. This story just makes me that much more a fan. I know it will move you too.
Up Close
by Ed Coonce
War up close is a hot, fearful place. The air sizzles around [...]
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Read this story! If you don’t read any other story I’ve posted to the Vets’ Project, read this one! This is the story you never heard. The story of coming home from Vietnam. Not to the hero’s welcome our men and women in the military received in all wars before and [...]
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Got an e-mail from Don Tucker that said; “Gary, Here is a story. I have always thought that it was kind of funny I guess because I was there. – Don”
And with that, he went on to tell me this hilarious story with the theme, “Be careful how you train [...]
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He went by Stan or Stanley.
We attended San Angelo Central High School, in San Angelo, Texas about the same time. Unfortunately, I did not know him. Today, I talked to his mother by phone and ask permission to post these poems in our Veterans’ Writing Project. She graciously agreed and [...]
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This is my brother’s story, and he’s stickin’ to it. You’d have to know Jerry to know how funny this story really is. He’s a Marine’s Marine, proud and tall, stands and puts his hand over his heart when the National Anthem is played, and ‘gets a little misty’ for the [...]
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Ernest Griffith sent me this poem, and I’m really glad he did. Earnest was in the Army and stationed in Korea just before the war started. His poem is about a fellow serviceman, Sgt. Caffery, and all us vets had a Sgt. Caffery in our own military worlds. Sgt. Caffery is [...]
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I’ve been talking to my brother Jerry about this project ever since I took charge of it. He has followed the blog and encouraged me to continue with my work.
Jerry is a Vietnam veteran, United States Marine Corps, and I am very proud of him. In Vietnam Jerry befriended a [...]
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Craig Fernandez’ mother gave me this letter. She found out about our Veterans’ Writing Project from a post on my Facebook a while back. She and Craig both had a lot of stories to tell, but she wanted to share this letter with you because “it says it all.”
Facebook and [...]
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I received this story from Phil Schupbach yesterday and was glad to see that finally the medics are going to get some recognition in this blog. I, myself, was a medic and had a similar experience told in Phil’s story.
There’s just something about the bravery, commitment, and strength of the [...]
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We are fortunate to have Mr. Ed Coonce send us another story for the Veterans’ Writing Project. Ed’s tells a chilling tale about the world of a nineteen year old American Marine in the middle of battle and struggling to come to grips with his experiences and the subsequent nightmares. This [...]
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Gary, here.
Sorry for the interruption, but we need your help, and we need it now. Remember the story about the broke down Male Truck and the pizza and the plate full of money that mysteriously appeared? Well we need another outpouring of support(we don’t mean money) for AWwYP just like [...]
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This and a few more of my stories are posted on my website, www.dergydog.com . That’s where Thorn saw it and read it. He asked if I’d submit it to the Veterans’ Writing Project and by the end of that conversation, I’d taken over the whole [...]
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Henry Martinez sent me this story about a month ago. It’s a beautiful story, beautifully written, and I promised to post it to our website ASAP. Well, Henry, with all due apologies, your submission has been floating around in my laptop, filed incorrectly, and left unpublished for almost a month.
I [...]
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Tom Favia is one of the very few veterans whose distinguished service record includes Combat Missions during Peacetime, and we are fortunate he chose AWwYP to share this exciting story. When I first read his story, I was captured by the cat and mouse games he played with the [...]
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