The Long Walk Home
Lieutenant General David Hartley marched into his study to eye the Congressional Medal of Honor secured to its wall-mounted display case. He raised his service .45 to fill the room with a blast that shattered the case and smeared the medal beyond recognition. The General lowered his revolver to step slowly toward his desk, feet crunching through the litter of glass. He sat, setting aside the still-hot weapon. Ten years ago this would have brought his wife, Suzanne, to the door, eyes wide with terror. But he’d long since lost her to breast cancer. He’d endured it all in his long life as a...
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