The War Horse
We Were Eager for Adventure and History — And Left a Marine Behind to Clean Up Our Mess
A Marine serving in Iraq recounts the moral shift that occurred when his platoon chose to help a fellow cook unfairly punished with a grueling cleaning task.
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