Category: Art
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Seeking Solace: A Veteran’s Story (Specialist Fetty)
Eric Fetty: Youngstown, OH Army Specialist (E4) 13th Foxtrot Fire Support Specialists attached to 3rd Howitzer Battery 2 Armored Calvery Regiment Green Zone Baghdad, Iraq I am going to talk about one of the events that is connected to my PTSD. I am going to talk about a bombing that happened at Assassin Gate at…
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Seeking Solace: A Veteran’s Story (Staff Sergeant Young)
Derrick Young: Canfield, Ohio Marine Staff Sergeant (E6) Mobile Assault Platoon 4, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion 25th Marines attached to 2nd Marine Division Regimental Combat Team 2 We were approximately 4 and a half months into what was an almost 9-month deployment. We had been on a continuous rotation of missions and patrols since coming…
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A Love Story…
When you think you are in love, you only see the things you want to see. This is a story of being in love but with the wrong person. Love, What Is It Good For? This overused, underrated, materialistic word has lost its true meaning over time. Love is expressed in songs, poems, and even…
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Rene Magritte, The Portrait 1935
A translation in my own words, my self-portrait. While this is not my painting, I did write a spectacular translation of it. To view the painting and learn more about it, visit it here. I wish this story was one of many I wrote in art school but it is one I wrote while attending…