I'm obsessed with trying to recount events as accurately and honestly as possible, but in practice the only thing I'm re — Jason Christopher Hartley, Just Another Soldier: A Year on the Ground in Iraq
I'm obsessed with trying to recount events as accurately and honestly as possible, but in practice the only thing I'm re — Jason Christopher Hartley, Just Another Soldier: A Year on the Ground in Iraq
I'm obsessed with trying to recount events as accurately and honestly as possible, but in practice the only thing I'm re — Jason Christopher Hartley, Just Another Soldier: A Year on the Ground in Iraq
I'm obsessed with trying to recount events as accurately and honestly as possible, but in practice the only thing I'm re — Jason Christopher Hartley, Just Another Soldier: A Year on the Ground in Iraq
I'm obsessed with trying to recount events as accurately and honestly as possible, but in practice the only thing I'm re — Jason Christopher Hartley, Just Another Soldier: A Year on the Ground in Iraq
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I'm obsessed with trying to recount events as accurately and honestly as possible, but in practice the only thing I'm really any good at is telling you how I feel.

— Jason Christopher Hartley, Just Another Soldier: A Year on the Ground in Iraq
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