Heather Hayes sports a large tattoo of a skull wreathed with roses over one thigh. Above her ankle, a smaller tattoo shows a woman with a gun to her head, whose gushing blood turns into red ...

Vivid tattoos tell veterans' tales of pain, recovery. Laura Mandaro. USA TODAY Network. SAN FRANCISCO — Heather Hayes sports a large tattoo of a skull wreathed with roses over one thigh.

U.S. Army combat engineer Jonathan Snyder came home to the Bay Area from Afghanistan in 2010 with the weight of the world on his shoulders — so he got a tattoo across them. It reads “Fallen ...

As the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan prepares to wind down later this year, more American veterans are returning home and struggling to process their wartime experiences. "War Ink," new ...

CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) - Andrew Einstein did what a lot of leathernecks do immediately after surviving Marine boot camp. He got a tattoo. It would not be the only one. After tours of duty in Iraq ...

War Ink, an online exhibit of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans’ stories and tattoos, launched in time for Veterans Day. Heather Hayes, Petaluma, CA; U.S. Air Force Johann Wolf ...

Monica McNeal, 55, will never forget her son Eric Ward. The tattoo on her wrist is another way for her to retain her connection to her son, who was just 19 when he was killed in Afghanistan in 2010.

A digital exhibit of veterans’ stories told through their tattoos that was created by a... Veterans’ tattoos tell us our tales of war SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

As communities hold parades and lay wreaths this Veterans' Day to honor men and women in uniform, some returning vets are taking off their shirts to reveal their war stories in the form of tattoos.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama--Robert Black enlisted in the U.S. Army when he was 17, and left for boot camp in June 2001, just three months before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He says his ink is a ...

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Andrew Einstein did what a lot of leathernecks do immediately after surviving Marine boot camp. He got a tattoo. It would not be the only one. After tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, the ...