That’s a great story. A very tough man. I’m glad he got his wish.

The one thing you experience in war that is largely inaccessible during normal life is camaraderie. It’s hard to express how intense that is. The slogan: Leave no man behind is no slogan to a soldier. It’s an expression of faith.

As bad as it got, as scared as I was, I knew, in a way I have never experienced since, that someone always had my back.