The Living and the Dead: War, Friendship and the Battles that Never End “The worst feeling,” Sergeant Tom Whorl scribbles in a small spiral notebook, “is not knowing when your last step will be. That’s what takes a toll on your brain.” With those simple words, he captures the gut-wrenching day-to-day, life-and-death struggles and triumphs…
Clayton D. Murwin serves as the sketch artist for The Journal of Military Experience. He is also the founder of the non-profit organization Heroes Fallen Studios who spends his free time creating portraits of the fallen for Gold Star Families. The third volume of the JME will be a collaborative effort with Heroes Fallen Studios’…
In “PTSD: A Soldier’s Perspective” Scott Lee writes, “I’m still overwhelmed with life and struggling with the basics, but after attending The Military Experience and Arts Symposium I have been able to divert my anxieties into creative projects. I started another rewrite of my combat narratives, flirting with the idea of submitting it to the…
The American Legion first reported on The Journal of Military Experience just over a year ago. At that time, the JME was confined to a single veteran cohort course at Eastern Kentucky University. Now, the JME is a part of Military Experience and the Arts and contributors from throughout the country receive the same kind…