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Winfield (Kan.) Daily Courier, Tues., Nov. 10, 2015

Hawkins
(Continued from page 7)
low Iraqi war veterans who
weren't physically injured,
but we deal with our pain
every day. Psychological
injuries can be more more
traumatic and sometimes
never heal."
Hawkins' award-winning
poem is printed below:

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Thank you
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I Served with Pride

The visions return at
night to haunt me,
The screams echo through
my head.
I'll never erase the mental
snapshots of war,
The only fortunate ones

are the dead.

A prison awaits any combat vets,
Much worse than any
institution or cell.
A life sentence with no
hope for parole,
I took the oath now I'm
trapped in my hell.
For God and country I
stepped up strong,
The Constitution I swore
to defend.
With blood and sweat I
served with pride,
What can make my nightmares end?
When men see a flag cov(SEE: Hawkins, page 9)

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Michael Hawkins, of Winfield, holds his daughter Hailey one day before being
deployed to Iraq on Dec. 1, 2002. (Special to the Courier)