Starr King Open Space Launches Capital Campaign
David Matsuda Next time you walk or drive around Potrero Hill, take a detour to the west side of Starr King Elementary School, to the open space bounded by 23rd, Carolina, 24th…
David Matsuda
Veterans Find Ways to Express Themselves at Heroes’ Voices
By 2006, politicians realized that American forces in Afghanistan and Iraq weren’t fighting the World War II style mass-on-mass, force-on-force conflicts for which soldiers were trained. Instead, the U.S. military…
Book Review: Redeployment
In 2007 Phil Klay was deployed to Iraq’s Anbar Province. During his six month’s serving as a Marine public affairs officer Klay gathered stories for his book Redeployment, which won…
Tall Tales about Military Bravery Disrespects the Troops
I did my best to avoid journalists like Brian Williams and Bill O’Reilly, as well as politicians such as U.S. Senator John McCain and Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald, when…