Six-word memoir assigned task: Veterans returned from Wars

covered in NEED TO KNOW (PBS Friday magazine show):

Six-word memoirs: Veterans share their stories of coming home


November 5, 2010

According to legend, Ernest Hemingway once bet $10 that he could write a novel in six words. “For sale: baby shoes, never worn,” he wrote. Inspired by the weight and simplicity of this story, Larry Smith, founder of the online SMITH Magazine, gave the six-word legend a personal twist, inviting readers to submit “Six-Word Memoirs.” Four years later, more than 300,000 people have.
In honor of Veterans day, Smith has teamed up with the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America to collect six-word memoirs from veterans of these two wars about the experience of coming home. We spoke to some of these veteran/memoirists and wanted to share their stories.
If you’re a veteran yourself and would like to publish your six-word memoir, you can do so at http://www.smithmag.net/iava. We’ll be reading them there, and may be in touch to interview you for a profile like the ones above.