Military Homecomings
Adventure · fiction

The Father Who Stood First

The first warning came before I ever reached the auditorium at Fort Halder. A young corporal at the main gate scanned my military identification, glanced at the tablet mounted beside his booth, then scanned the card again. April wind tugged at the collar of my dress uniform. Behind me, someone tapped a horn. The corporal...

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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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