Military Homecomings
Adventure · fiction

The Envelope on the Parade Field

The national anthem had barely ended when my entire life detonated. I stood on the parade field at Fort Bellamy, Georgia, beneath a July sun hot enough to turn the pavement silver, holding a sealed white envelope in my right hand. Three hundred soldiers filled the field. Their families occupied rows of folding chairs...

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Genre
Adventure
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Adult readers
Chapters
6
Fiction status
fiction
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Military Homecomings

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  1. 01Chapter 1
  2. 02Chapter 2
  3. 03Chapter 3
  4. 04Chapter 4
  5. 05Chapter 5
  6. 06Chapter 6

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