I am not a huge fan of the National Endowment of the Arts for many reasons.  However, I recently read about a project they have called Operation Homecoming:  Writing the Wartime Experience. 

Per the NEA's web site: 

The National Endowment for the Arts created Operation Homecoming to help U.S. troops and their families write about their wartime experiences. Their letters, poems, stories, and memoirs will be collected into a national archive, and the best submissions will be published in a literary anthology.

You can read more about the project here:

National Endowment for the Arts Operation Homecoming

They have released some of the submissions they have already received and I think they are worth reading.  Here are links to some of the writings that have been submitted. 

Letter

"Dear Baby" by Staff Sgt. Sharon McBride, U.S. Army
"Five Letters to my Boys" by Lt. Col. Christopher Cohoes, U.S. Air Force

Memoir

"Three Thousand Antoinettes" by Capt. William J. Toti, U.S. Navy
"One Day in February" by Melissa Herman
"Taking Chance" by Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, U.S. Marine Corps

Personal Journal / Essay

"Moon" by Captain Steven A. Givler, U.S. Air Force
"3 A.M. with the VFW" by Sgt. Michael Thomas, Army National Guard
"The Flag" by Lt. Commander David R. Brown, CHC, U.S. Navy Reserves

Poetry

"The Cat in Iraq" by Ryan Alexander, former U.S. Marine Corps
"Reflections from a Day at Bear Creek Park" by Wendy Burt, spouse to Sgt. Michael Thomas, Army National Guard