Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Editor's Introduction xiii
1 Welcome to Afghanistan Matt Farwell 1
2 Above and Beyond Leah Hampton 8
3 Remembering Forgotten Fliers, Their Survivors Kathleen M. Rodgers 16
4 A Psychology of Rumor, a Psychology of War Caleb S. Cage 21
5 Panel 3ow, Row 15 Lorrie Lykins 31
6 Past Perfect Tense Kevin C. Jones 44
7 Tom Alan Jones 50
8 Middle Passage, Morning Watch Anne Visser Ney 56
9 The Thirty-Day Project Christal Presley 70
10 The Lack of Weight Gerardo Mena 85
11 War Happens Linda Adams 87
12 The Wing Shed Beverly A. Jackson 95
13 Triage Jon Kerstetter 103
14 Lead Weight Max "Joe" Dalton 112
15 War Games Stephen Wilson 115
16 False Positive Alejandro Mujica 123
17 Prisoners of War Leila Levinson 128
18 Memory Sky Amber Jensen 141
19 Breathe through Your Mouth Brooke King 152
20 To Kill, or Not to Kill Dario DiBattista 167
21 How the Military Turned My Father a Genius Kim Wright 174
22 War Stories Tracy Kidder 178
23 Hulls in the Water Jeffery Hess 188
24 Proud to Claim the Title Thomas Vincent Nowaczyk 200
25 Passages Carol Everett Adams 212
26 Letter to a Drowning Soldier Ronald Jackson 217
27 The Intimate Donald Morrill 222
28 Dependent Rebecca McClanahan 228
29 Pictures Don't Lie Cheryl Lapp 240
30 Tenuous Tethers David Abrams 248
31 Sea Mommy Elizabeth "Libby" Oberg 253
32 Growing a Soldier Tonia Stacey-Gütting 258
Contributors 263
Source Acknowledgments 275