Author : Hugh Martin
Release : 2013-03-15
Genre : Poetry
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 07X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Stick Soldiers by : Hugh Martin
Download or read book The Stick Soldiers written by Hugh Martin. This book was released on 2013-03-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At age nineteen, Hugh Martin withdrew from college for deployment to Iraq. After training at Fort Bragg, Martin spent 2004 in Iraq as the driver of his platoon sergeant's Humvee. He participated in hundreds of missions including raids, conducting foot patrols, clearing routes for IEDs, disposing of unexploded ordnance, and searching thousands of Iraqi vehicles. These poems recount his time in basic training, his preparation for Iraq, his experience withdrawing from school, and ultimately, the final journey to Iraq and back home to Ohio. Hugh Martin holds an MFA from Arizona State University. He is a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.