Heroes in Our Midst: Stories from Afghanistan and Iraq
Today we're launching a collaborative book project called Heroes in Our Midst: Stories from Afghanistan and Iraq. Steve O'Deegan and I came up with the idea as we were thinking of ways to highlight the unique collaborative capabilities of FastPencil. We're both former Army infantry soldiers, and we remembered how in every unit there were always unsung heroes, people who may not have received medals, but kept the team together and showed the way when things got tough. Through years of combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, there must be countless unsung heroes.
We are accepting stories about heroes from now through April 9th, and we'll take the best 100 stories and publish them as a book. We'll also provide 80% of net profits from sale of the book to the USO, because they so consistently support the troops and stay out of politics. This isn't about the big picture of these wars. It's about the ground truth of people being their for their comrades. So if you served in Iraq or Afghanistan, please take a few moments to tell us the story of someone who was a hero to you. And if you didn't serve there, please pass the word to anyone you know who did.
