A Three-Star General Saluted the Truck Driver at My Daughter’s Army Ceremony All Because of the Worn Leather Band on My Wrist

were. Holloway stood near the center with one arm slung over somebody’s shoulder, grinning like death had personally offended him and he planned to argue with it.

“Keep your original,” I said.

Mercer shook his head. “I have carried it long enough.”

I understood that sentence. A man can carry a thing out of duty for years and still know when it’s time continue reading …