Family Secrets
Family Drama · fiction

What the Recorder Could Not Forget

There are sounds a soldier never forgets. The crack of incoming fire. The metallic whine of a helicopter losing altitude. The clipped voice of a young lieutenant trying not to panic while reporting casualties over a broken radio. I had heard all of those sounds during twenty-eight years in the United States Army. None of them prepared me for my...

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Genre
Family Drama
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
5
Fiction status
fiction
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My Life Story Editorial

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  1. 01Chapter 1
  2. 02Chapter 2
  3. 03Chapter 3
  4. 04Chapter 4
  5. 05Chapter 5

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