"Every
soldier learns in time that war is a lonely business," wrote
Matthew Ridgway, one of America's great generals, who served
in World War II and Korea. In the face of Ridgway's accurate
observation is any soldier's sense that in battle, the man on
your right or the man on your left could be the man who saves
your life. Here are the stories of veterans who came to understand
that, as lonely a business as war can be, the camaraderie planted
in basic training and nurtured through the hardships of the battlefield
is a powerful weapon against fear. |

Richard
R. DeLeon, Tayninh, Vietnam. |