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Alex Horton served as an Army infantryman in Iraq with the Third Stryker Brigade, Second Infantry Division in 2006-2007. His work has been published on TheAtlantic.com, ForeignPolicy.com, and The New York Times’ At War blog.

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Memorial Days After Mourning Has Passed

Battlegrounds

A trip to the Antietam battlefield reminds an Iraq veteran of the friends he lost overseas.

Alex Horton | Published May 24, 2014

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