What was asked of us: an oral history of the Iraq War by the soldiers who fought it

It went on the whole night / Thomas Smith

How did it come to this madness and chaos? / Justin LeHew

first suicide bombing / Adrian Cavazos

Three kings / Mario Mihaucich, Michael Soprano and Jason Neely

word of the day / Daniel B. Cotnoir

They don't have a security or reconstruction plan to implement / Alan King

Our mission was at odds with itself / Tania Quinones

It was just a dog, another casualty of the war / Jason Neely

They thought we were bringing them America / Jonathan Powers

Just get me out / Gregory Lutkus

I didn't pray for the Iraqis / Ken Davis

Indirect fire is really good at finding me / Joseph Hatcher

There's going to be an uprising here soon / Jonathan Powers

Someone's going to fucking pay / Brady Van Engelen

Don't worry about it, we've got him / Daniel B. Cotnoir

If I died, I died / Joseph Darling

For a split second ... I thought I understood it / Joseph Hatcher

It is gruesome to just beyond the realm of a horror film / Daniel B. Cotnoir

I just had a hatred for the Iraqis / Toby Winn

They were sending us out there in pieces of crap with no armor / Matthew Winn

Definitely not California / Jason Smithers

In war, the best of you shines / Dominick King

Killed in action / Paul Rodriguez

I was an American soldier / Garett Reppenhagen

Some of these people are the lost generation / Earl T. Hecker

Shot in the head / Brady Van Engelen

Walking through the graves / Seth Moulton

Just a matter of luck / Daniel B. Cotnoir

You don't want to look at your friend who has just been shot / Mike Bonaldo

I am changed / Dominick King

This is what happens when people speak to each other with rifles / Benjamin Flanders

It's the cold, blunt truth : there was a little girl that died / Jeff Englehart

We just killed a bunch of dudes who were on our side / Garett Reppenhagen

And then I hear the explosion / Adrian Jones

next generation of insurgents / Jonathan Powers

Nor dread the plagues of darkness / David Sivret

War turns you into what your mother wishes you would never be / Travis Williams

I didn't get my happy ass blown up ... that is what winning is now / Daniel B. Cotnoir

Hopefully I provided some relief / Maria Kimble

What the fuck is wrong with that guy? : ... he's an Iraq vet / Garett Reppenhagen

I'm glad you're doing it and not me / Benjamin Flanders.