The turned vase, titled “Bouquet in a Burl,” was created by military veteran John Shannon, and the doll — titled “BILY, or Because I Love You, I give you the shirt off my back” — was created when veteran Susan Bales was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom III to FOB Caldwell, Iraq, in 2005. Both were created as part of a creative arts program at the Abie Abraham VA Health Care Clinic. Read the article in the Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, edition of the Butler Eagle. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle