This story tells how a soldier is forced to fight daily against an enemy that is not necessarily his personal enemy. The soldiers also explain how they were forced to kill the innocent Iraqi natives forced to fight Saddam Hussein's battle against the Americans. Soldiers even say they are often left in the dark about the government's plans to overthrow a country. They never know the exact date they will have to return home; they must make guesses based on how many flag-draped coffins contained dead soldiers to predict when the war was ending. Iraqi soldiers describe how death becomes the new norm; soldiers tend to lose the value of taking someone's life after so many years of combat. Various soldiers express what they feel: there is guilt for taking another man's life, guilt for being okay when their comrades suffered serious combat casualties, and guilt for showing up at home while the rest of the combat team is still stuck fighting in Iraq. War. In conclusion, “Soldier Stories” and “Hiroshima” are very similar; they use war victims' stories to send you on a journey through different perspectives on the evils of war. John Berger's story "Hiroshima" focuses on how the evils of war affect the average innocent civilian while "Soldier Stories" by various authors illustrate how the evils of war affect