A Warrior Shares The Reality And Horror of Combat
With blood-streaked hands and the deafening quiet after gunfire, the only thing that kept me going was knowing the job wasn’t finished—there was still work to be done.
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With blood-streaked hands and the deafening quiet after gunfire, the only thing that kept me going was knowing the job wasn’t finished—there was still work to be done.
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