Editorial Thumbnails try 2

 1) Uniform hanging on door. 2) person on a park bench, war on left, nice park on right. 3) Soldier huddled on bed, monster hands coming out from under. 4) Uniform compared to civilian clothes. 5) Scale, video game controller on left, M16 Rifle on right. 6) Soldier, with monster behind

Top left is based by Goya's Sleep of Reason painting.  Substituting the man for a Soldier and the owls for bats. Top right: eyes looking out of darkness, M16 and helmet on the ground. Bottom right: Soldiers running away from bats. Bottom left: simple dog tags.

 Goya, Sleep of Reason

1) Simple Purple Heart. 2) Soldier sleeping on the ground with weapon, monsters and bats approaching from behind.  3) Person sleeping, dreaming of himself sleeping on the battlefield. 4) Soldier sleeping by a tree, bees on their way toward Soldier.

Below is a reverse just to see what it would look like with a black background.