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Hugh Martin
Hugh Martin spent six years in the Army National Guard and deployed to Iraq in 2004. He is the author of
In Country
,
The Stick Soldiers
, and
So, How Was The War?
.
Courtesy of Hugh Martin / The Atlantic
Our Highways Are an Ever-Expanding Museum of America’s Wars
I could hardly make out the words on the sign, but I knew what they said.
Hugh Martin
December 31, 2021