"The residue of hate is a horrible thing to leave behind. The residue of nuclear holocaust is far worse." Malik, pg. 15

"When you watch someone pretend to live life, you wasting your time." Charles, pg. 63

"I'll fight anyone here in America. But if they come and get me to send to some other country, I'm going to have my gun ready for them." Charles, pg. 65

"It became real when the first pilot didn't come back." William, pg. 199

"I was sworn into the Army in manacles." Robert, pg. 206

"Except you s'posed to fight for your country. And you come home. But where is my country when I come home?" Joseph, pg. 241

"I thought, my God, if I stay here, I'm going to get us all wiped out." Archie, pg. 119

"This time there was no anesthetic. They just took a scalpel and cut away the dead flesh, scraped at the...