Personal Accounts

In Their Words

The men and women who served in Afghanistan carried home memories that no statistic or timeline can capture. This page is a place for those who were there - soldiers, medics, families - to share their experiences, in their own words, for the record.

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This is a new archive. If you served in Afghanistan, or lost someone who did, your story belongs here. Use the form below to share it - every submission is reviewed and published with your consent.

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Whether it is a paragraph or several pages, your account matters. Submissions are reviewed before publishing. You may use a pseudonym if you prefer, and nothing is published without your explicit consent.

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