8-A Winfield (Kan.) Daily Courier, Tues., Nov. 10, 2015

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low Iraqi war veterans who weren't physically injured, but we deal with our pain every day. Psychological injuries can be more more traumatic and sometimes never heal."

Hawkins' award-winning poem is printed below:

I Served with PrideThe visions return at

night to haunt me,The screams echo through

my head.I'll never erase the mental

snapshots of war,The only fortunate ones

are the dead.A prison awaits any com-

bat vets,Much worse than any

institution or cell.A life sentence with no

hope for parole,I took the oath now I'm

trapped in my hell.For God and country I

stepped up strong,The Constitution I swore

to defend.With blood and sweat I

served with pride,What can make my night-

mares end?When men see a flag cov-

Hawkins(Continued from page 7)

Michael Hawkins, of Winfield, holds his daughter Hailey one day before being deployed to Iraq on Dec. 1, 2002. (Special to the Courier)

(SEE: Hawkins, page 9)