This entry really needs to be read in its entirety. Here's a link to Ben's blog "From the Frontlines." Here's the paragraph that strikes me as most memorable:
I have tried to prepare myself for loss of blood, for bullets flying over head, for bombs, and for destruction. The little boy’s eyes were not on my checklist of reality. They were a distant thought. They were and often are an after thought. These eyes do not shape the mission while it takes place but do affect while you lay at night. The glass over these eyes will most likely prove to be haunting all the days of my life.
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