I go to a lot of libraries. Mostly, I go to them with my toddler grandson, Asher. Especially in winter, when the weather is nasty outside, a library Continue Reading
Books
Manhattan
by Ryan Stovall having shot children we return to too many faces shuffling sundown drenched streets brown black or Continue Reading
Where Black Snowflakes Come From
by Ryan Stovall This month Havok has been kind enough to print three of my poems from my recently released collection, Black Snowflakes Smothering Continue Reading
Damn the Valley: COP Brunk Remodel
by William Yeske The following is an excerpt from William Yeske's book: Damn the Valley 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2-508 PIR, 82nd Airborne in the Continue Reading
Strike of the Sailfish: Two Sister Submarines and the Sinking of a Japanese Aircraft Carrier
by Stephen L. Moore During the early morning hours of December 4, 1943, Lieutenant Commander Bob Ward and his submarine USS Sailfish relentlessly Continue Reading
Damn the Valley: Johnston: Specialist Ross’ Story
by William Yeske The following is an excerpt from William Yeske's book: Damn the Valley 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2-508 PIR, 82nd Airborne in the Continue Reading
Borderline: The Latest by Ranger, Actor and Border Patrol Agent Vincent “Rocco” Vargas
Vincent Vargas has been a friend of The Havok Journal since the very beginning of our site. In addition to serving in combat with the 75th Ranger Continue Reading
Banning Books Has That Old-School Third Reich Vibe
Now that it is fashionable in parts of the United States to ban and/or burn books, it seems like a good time for a book lover, that being me, to make Continue Reading
Writing War: How Writing Saved Me from Myself
by GySgt L. Christian Bussler (Ret.) I had thought that my days of war were over. I had thought that I had enough and given all of this shit up a Continue Reading
To The End of the Earth: A Glimpse into the Tenth Army’s Cave Fighting in Okinawa in 1945
An adapted excerpt from To the End of the Earth by John C. McManus All Image Credits: Penguin Random House In 1945, Tenth Army inelegantly Continue Reading
A Vietnam Veteran Honors the Lives of the Fallen
by Michael Reagan On April 9, more than fifty years ago, I was on my way home from Vietnam. A Chinook picked me off the ground at the DMZ, under fire. Continue Reading
Book Review: A Series of Flashbacks: Darkness Within
by Tracie Sudermann ________________________ Using an autobiographical style for her first book, A Series of Flashbacks: Darkness Within, author Continue Reading