In advance of the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, I spent a few days on the phone tracking down soldiers who served there and some who were injured. They all had somber and different thoughts to share.

One young man, Dunya Bryant, whose legs were badly injured when an IED explosed beneath his tank, invited me to his Florissant home and offered his memories and thoughts:

I have also posted a good bit of the online chatter out there this week as people around the country observe the anniversary.