A thought-provoking collection of 20 narratives by student veterans at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point that aims to undermine media-created stereotypes and to help bridge the gap that divides them from the American people they fought to protect. With thoughtfulness, humor, and honesty, they relive and relate their worst memories, illustrate shared experiences, explain to us the fulfillment of combat, and show us what going to war really entails. For veterans, these voices will ring familiar. For civilians, the stories open a view into a world few ever see and, in the process, affirm our common humanity.