Veteran's Stories > Warriors Own Words

On the morning of June 25th, 1876, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer made a fateful decision to attack a large Native American village camped on the banks of the Little Big Horn River. It was a decision that would cost him his life, the lives of 268 of his men, and the lives of over 60 Native Americans defending their right to live free. Myths, mysteries, and legends of this fight have grown for over 142 years, elevating a lonely patch of dirt and grass, dotted with white and brown tombstones, to mythological proportions. How did this apocalyptic clash of cultures happen? What is true, and what is conjecture? What really happened? Experience the entire battle as it was tol ...

On the morning of June 25th, 1876, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer made a fateful decision to attack a large Native American village camped on the banks of the Little Big Horn River. It was a decision that would cost him his life, the lives of 268 of his men, and the lives of over 60 Native Americans defending their right to live free. Myths, mysteries, and legends of this fight have grown for over 142 years, elevating a lonely patch of dirt and grass, dotted with white and brown tombstones, to mythological proportions. How did this apocalyptic clash of cultures happen? What is true, and what is conjecture? What really happened? Experience the entire battle as it was tol ...

An antique trunk filled with family treasures is passed down for generations. After it is opened by the newest generation of owners, a stack of letters over a century old is rediscovered. At the risk of disintegrating, the new owners preserve them by photographing and transcribing them. The author’s great uncle wrote these letters to his beloved family back home, during his service overseas in the First World War. Dear Ones at Home is a tribute to the man who wrote these letters and to the family who lovingly kept them in the trunk they passed down through the generations.

These the poetic thoughts of a Vietnam veteran. A tale of war and the challenge to find balance and peace upon return to a homeland so foreign. Join in the journey, shared in offerings of honor, the fighting men and women of American service in action and remembrance.

I Became A Soldier is a collection of poems about the journey into becoming a soldier and the process of the initial training.

Bas Verheijen, former director of the Hyperbarics Health and Wellness Foundation, and program participant Amanda Burrill, a military veteran working through severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), persistent concussion symptoms (PCS) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), created this basic guide so that all program participants could have a comprehensive, integrative guide to healing. This is valuable information for anyone who’s been affected by TBI, PCS and/or PTSD, encouraging patients to be knowledgeable, active participants in their recoveries and overall well-being.

Not everyone is called, equipped or able to become a sniper. To be sure there is only ONE in heaven, earth and above the heavens. In fact the disciplines, aloneness and treachery of the terrain, the threat of being in enemy territory and weathering the many fears sometimes seem un-navigable. Jesus had perfect precision, stealth, suffering and obedience" Learn more in this small book that includes a poetic expression of the dangers, the reality, the feeling invisible and the one ignored taking the kill shot. You may be that sniper scribe the Lord has in hiding. The challenges are many, from preparation of the mind, the training, the disciplines, the aptitude, the enduring, and the precisi ...

The Eighteenth Engineers tells the story of the incredible work performed by the men of the 18th Engineers Regiment in WW1. They were among the first 75,000 A. E. F. troops to arrive in France in late August of 1917. There they built massive docks large enough to berth 10 transport ships end to end. Then they constructed huge warehouses to receive and store tons of cargo. Finally, they designed and built a complex, multi-functional railroad track system, along with unique cargo handling equipment allowing them the ability to unload men and cargo quickly and efficiently from the ships hold. The 18th Engineers built this massive base depot in record time under difficult conditio ...

Patricia Newman, licensed clinical social worker at the Bogalusa, Louisiana veterans’ outpatient clinic, helps veterans who struggle with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder learn how to forgive and let go of difficult emotions and memories. Ms. Newman’s therapeutic concept that “revealing is healing” resulted in Warriors’ Own Words, “You Had To Be There”. The book includes incredible stories of sacrifice and service from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. The idea for writing this book came from discussions with veterans about their military service. They often said that they never talked about their combat experiences because it was easier to keep those memories to the ...