After serving in a scout-sniper platoon in Mosul, Tom Voss came home carrying invisible wounds of war — the memory of doing or witnessing things that went against his fundamental beliefs. This was not a physical injury that could heal with medication and time but a “moral injury” — a wound to the soul that eventually urged him toward suicide. Provided by publisher.

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Time to go -- What happened -- Head down, pants on -- Make war, not love -- Rules of engagement -- Happy place -- Family time -- The diagnosis -- Cigarettes -- Tailspin -- I wasn't there -- Lifeline -- Monologue -- Enough -- The rucksack -- Seen -- Training day (or, hot mess) -- Hero's send-off -- Comfort -- Unload -- Locked and loaded -- Cheese country -- Unbroken -- Walking with wolves -- Deer Ken -- Taken for a ride -- Hope -- Mirage -- Shakey town -- Reunion -- Wave -- The unnamable thing -- Flash -- Confession -- Forgiveness -- More than wounds -- Man in white -- Nuts -- Blissed out -- Falafel shop.