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Stories in Uniform
Mary Akers
Pinckney Benedict
Zoey Byrd
Tracy Crow
Sarah Davis
Amber Dermont
Doug Frelke
Valerie Hamilton
Hannah Huber
Gabe Hudson
Kevin Jones
Tim O’Brien
Robert O’Connor
Bruce Overby
Chris Offutt
Benjamin Percy
Max Ruback
James Salter
Roman Skaskiw
Peter Schilling
Tom Sheehan
Kurt Vonnegut
Blaise Weller
Tobias Wolff
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A portion of this book’s proceeds are being donated to USA Cares a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that assists post 9/11 military service members and their families to cope with the financial burdens resulting from their service to America.
"Among these stories you’ll find shipbuilders and sailors, pilots, wild dogs, battles—both physical and emotional, misunderstandings, fistfights, and the wounds of unrequited love. There are parades and hurricanes, people getting high and some merely getting by, as well as the human sacrifices made, the losses endured, the hardships faced because of or in spite of some connection to the military. If you’ve served, you might recognize a couple of these characters, or their situations. Maybe you will relate to some because you’re just like them or because they served in the same place you did. If you’ve never served, but have had contact with someone who has, you may find similarities between a character here and a person you thought you knew. Each story is different in the way it approaches the lives of these individuals at certain points of the modern era, but each will entertain you, and challenge, and stay with you."
— from the Introduction, by Jeffery Hess, editor
$19.95
9 x 6, 348 p. paperback
ISBN:978-0-9824416-0-2
Jeffery Hess served six years in the U.S. Navy and holds a B.A. from the University of South Florida and an MFA from Queens University of Charlotte. He’s held writing positions at a major daily newspaper, a Fortune 500 company, and a university-based research center. In addition to corporate publications and websites, his writing has appeared in The Houston Literary Review, American Skating World, Writer’s Journal, and the Tampa Tribune. He lives in Florida where he’s completing a novel and leads a creative writing workshop for military veterans.
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Meet Cover Photographer Aaron D. Allmon II, SSgt, USAF, AFCENT News Team
SSgt Aaron D. Allmon II grew up in San Antonio, Texas, and joined the U.S. Air Force in 1995. He has served in Kosovo, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and helped provide humanitarian relief after the tsunami in Indonesia and after earthquakes in Pakistan. His photographs can be found on the official web site of the U.S. Air Force (www.af.mil) and on Washington DC Metro train station walls. The cover photo of this book was taken on a very cold morning in Iraq before departing on a long foot patrol. SSgt Allmon is currently working for The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. He can be contacted at allmon429@hotmail.com.
