Inspired in part by the note below, in which a citizen asks a vet, “did you ever fall in love with your enemy,” and also by one of the characters in my thesis–a Japanese kamikaze fighter who came to the U.S. after world war II and made ceramics with a former navy reservist at NAU–I’m interested in exploring relationships that transcend the enemy lines. How often does this happen? What sort of consequences do the people involved have to face, either from their friends, their communities, or the institutions they serve? Do most of these relationships happen after the war is over and the emotional scars have healed? Which ones are happening now? I’d like to capture these stories–friendships, love affairs, working partnerships, creative collaborations–through photo essays and oral histories (which could be transcribed and illustrated by photos, or captured on video, for purposes of the web). The series could be multi-generational, involving veterans from world war II, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq, as well as active duty soldiers.