Point Of The Rear Guard

War is not a story nor is it anything to admire. Admirable instead are the men who live on in spite of it and carry the memories of their brethren in heart and soul; people and places, both of which can and have become legendary. History is a much better tale; memories as old as the earth.

The person in this story came from a place where the slow, quiet voices of nature tell that story to any who might hear it. It is full of the memories of real people in a tumultuous and difficult period of...