MEHTAR LAM, Afghanistan—Drawn in black marker across the closet mirror in Room #13 of the abandoned barracks is a large smiley face. It is placed so the soldier who once lived here would see it superimposed over his own as he geared up for the day’s mission.
Beneath it, the soldier wrote a dark joke about Taliban marksmanship: “Smile. They’ll stop missing sooner or later.”
The 12-year war in Afghanistan has left its…
Excerpt from: U.S. Soldiers Leave Messages in Afghanistan
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