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 Taken from GI Coffeehouses: Serving Ourselves Since 1967 by Poppy Kohner & LT Taylor:
In downtown Killeen, soldiers are organizing...
Not far from the East Gate of Fort Hood, two GIs are casually chatting outside on the porch, their cigarette smoke blending with the warm aroma of coffee, which beckons them inside the coffeehouse. Peek inside Under The Hood, and you will see more active duty soldiers, veterans and community members relaxing on a sofa, listening to music and catching up on the week's events. On the walls, "War is Trauma" is written in large letters, and a stencil of the word, "stigma" has been stuck up as a reminder of a previous art project, and of what people here are fighting against. Pocket-sized reading materials are arranged in a stand, which summarize GIs rights, what the Army doesn't want you to know. On one side of the room is a small stage area with a microphone, from which, spoken word poetry regularly fills the space to an enthusiastic crowd.... Read More
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- From The National Office by Bill Branson
- Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
- What We Know and When We Know It by Meg Miner
- Where We Stand by Brian Materrese
- Launch of IVAW's Operation Recovery, October 2010 (artwork) by VVAW
- Records Request Form by Ray Parrish
- Complex (poem) by Hans Buwalda
- Spreading the Wealth: Training Mental Health Providers Nationwide to Work with Veterans by Johanna (Hans) Buwalda
- Thoughts, Memories, Conditioning by Gregory Ross
- Friendly Fire (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- GI Coffeehouses: Serving Ourselves Since 1967 by Poppy Kohner & LT Taylor
- Vets Radio Show - and Organizing in Northwest Indiana by Kim Scipes
- Battle-Scarred (poem) by Lura Stephanie Gaiek
- Premeditated by Bryan Reinholdt
- Dear American Public by Charles Henderson
- Enemy Kitchen by Crystal Colon
- Fair Food by Maggie Martin
- Warrior Writers by Lovella Calica
- Eviscerated (poem) by Robynn Murray
- Veteran (poem) by James A. Moad II
- We Are Broken Bottles (poem) by Malachi Muncy
- Marv Davidov: My Friend, My Inspiration by Michael Orange
- Oxy, The Smart Bomb (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
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- Past Veterans Day (photos) by VVAW
- VVAW Supports the Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act of 2011: HR 2634 by Susan M. Schnall
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- Meeting Lamont B. Steptoe, Warrior Writer by Horace Coleman
- Peacemaking Under Fire: A Vietnam War Memoir by Aaron Davis (reviewer)
- Peacemaking Under Fire - Another Look by Gerald R. Gioglio (reviewer)
- Everyday Courage by Gregory Kotonias
- Ambush on The Street Without Joy (poem) by Paul Hellweg
- Are Americans Their Own Worst Enemy? by Horace Coleman
- Memorial Day 2011, Killeen, TX (artwork) by VVAW
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy by Gregory Ross
- New Documentary on Vietnam Seeks Funders by VVAW
- Post Traumatic Stress Dis-washing by Cliff E. Adams
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- Memories Lost (poem) by Andy K. Williams
- Blood on the Tracks by Ed Nizalowski
- AK-47 by Joseph Giannini
- Forty-Three Years and Counting (poem) by Paul Hellweg
- Stand To (poem) by Rick Harrienger
- The War At Home by Nick Medvecky
- Wounded (poem) by Paul Hellweg
- RECOLLECTION: A Berkeley Confrontation Over Vietnam by Daniel Crim Lavery
- Afghan Fighting Position (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
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