by danieljkrug | Oct 4, 2018 | War
Roy P. Benavidez is a bad ass mother fucker. On May 2nd, 1968 he spent six hours in hell. He was shot seven times. One time was in the back, and the bullet exited his chest just below his heart. He had 28 pieces of shrapnel in his body and he had been stabbed no less...
by danieljkrug | May 27, 2018 | Family, Loss, War
For years I thought the idea of saying I had PTSD was bad. I viewed it as a term of weakness. I didn’t live through Vietnam so what I saw and went through wasn’t bad enough to warrant something so horrible. Sounds silly, but it was what I thought and what many...
by danieljkrug | May 6, 2018 | War
Anton Chekhov eloquently stated years ago a simple fact with respect to story construction. If you have a gun leaning against the wall during the first act of a play, you better use it in the second act. Otherwise, get rid of the gun. This is an important ideal, it...
by danieljkrug | Apr 12, 2018 | War, Writing
So this poem thing I wrote is interesting. I don’t write poetry. I certainly don’t read it either. This thing hits me hard though. Hell, I wrote it and it kicks my butt every time I read it. I guess there’s something to it. I went on a cruise...
