A heavy chapter, and an important one, dealing with the fallout of war. I’d say Liam has a pretty clear view on the usefulness of war, having experienced it. Thank you for this story, Joel!
After retirement he was ordered to be assigned to the Continental Army Command in the event of a national emergency. He submitted a letter, widely circulated that said, in effect, that he was surprised at the assignment in light of his many moral transgressions. But then he thought, we'll in case of an emergency, when all those young men were called to war, who better would be left to comfort all of those abandoned women?
Funny, never knew any veteran receiving psychiatric or psychological counseling--rare for my generation. I had a good friend, who was what you might call a soldier's soldier, 3 tours, 3 silver stars, 4 bronze stars, 4 purple hearts. He would return after each tour, get patched up, then get another assignment. For recreation he would seduce any woman who came near. His wife never complained. They finally forced him to retire so they wouldn't have to foot the bill for a funeral.
A heavy chapter, and an important one, dealing with the fallout of war. I’d say Liam has a pretty clear view on the usefulness of war, having experienced it. Thank you for this story, Joel!
Liam is still coming to grips with the price of war. He does so throughout the book as you will read. I love hearing the comments.
I’ll be interested to see how he sorts through it all.
After retirement he was ordered to be assigned to the Continental Army Command in the event of a national emergency. He submitted a letter, widely circulated that said, in effect, that he was surprised at the assignment in light of his many moral transgressions. But then he thought, we'll in case of an emergency, when all those young men were called to war, who better would be left to comfort all of those abandoned women?
A true hero, indeed. lol
Funny, never knew any veteran receiving psychiatric or psychological counseling--rare for my generation. I had a good friend, who was what you might call a soldier's soldier, 3 tours, 3 silver stars, 4 bronze stars, 4 purple hearts. He would return after each tour, get patched up, then get another assignment. For recreation he would seduce any woman who came near. His wife never complained. They finally forced him to retire so they wouldn't have to foot the bill for a funeral.
That is one badass soldier and insight into the sacrafices he made.