This is a really spectacular piece of writing, @rdsmas. You clearly have a love of language and wonderful storytelling skills. This story is poignant and heartbreaking, as the soldier makes the ultimate sacrifice.
One important note: You tagged this as #creativenonfiction and #nonfiction, but it should be #fiction. Fiction stories are made up from your imagination. Creative nonfiction stories are true stories that come from your own life experience.
Thank you for the note about the mistake in posting. Please be sure to post directly to The Ink Well next time. Thank you!
Thanks for understanding, and for the suggestions that I will take into consideration, I had more than 7 months off the platform but these comments are the ones that give ink back to the pen and strength to the fingers to keep typing. Thank you very much.