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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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