Blue Nostalgia: A Journal of Post-Traumatic Growth, Vol. 4 |

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Blue Nostalgia: A Journal of Post-Traumatic Growth, Vol. 4

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ISSN: 2332-0788 | Winter 2019

Introduction: “I Won’t Soon Forget This” by Joseph Stanfill

“Pain Burning the Midnight Oil” by Ben Weise

“A Peaceful Hillside” by Thomas Mangan

“Nightmares and Numbers” by Pamela Enz

“My Friend Bill” by Dennis W. Smith

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Managing Editor / Director, Veterans' PTSD Project
Joseph Stanfill

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Cover: "Where to Go From Here," woodcut print by Brandie Dziegiel

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