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David Rogers

After working on the Appeal for Redress project, I left the Navy in 2008 and tried to move on, forgot about that part of my life. Now with the recent election the threat to world peace has never been greater. Time to get out there and make some noise, make a difference.

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Capture The Flag
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Colorado
This morning while driving back from the mountains from a hike I saw a big ol' bubba truck (a common mountain sight) flying an American flag from the back, whipping patriotically next to his Trump bumper sticker. I laughed, painfully. Our opponents have long claimed the American flag as their own, and everyone else has let them do so. The symbol...
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To Pablo Neruda for his Canto General
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Colorado
To Pablo Neruda for his Canto General By David Rogers Jr Pampas of blood, deserts of sorrow. Your land, Pablo, suffered like The Forgotten in dictators’ Cells covering your continent, A land shaped like an arrow To the heart. Your land, Pablo, of secrecy And terror and deep green and Brown beauty. It seemed mystical, unreal, A...
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Branch of Service:

United States Navy

Unit(s):

USS Hawes (FFG-53)

Military Occupation:

Operations Specialist 2nd Class

Where Served:

Two GWOT deployments

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