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How do we define courage on the battlefield?

Jerry Glazer
Dec 17, 2022

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I often thought of being able to describe courage in real terms.

I mean, what was the weight? Did it possess a color or a sound? Was there a smell, a taste, a feeling?

I know it existed outside of us, and we became its instruments.

Day after day, thousands of us perished in fulfilling its mandate, yet it can only be defined by what we did.

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Jerry Glazer
Jerry Glazer

Written by Jerry Glazer

Jerry Glazer is an author of short stories, essays and novels. The 1st chapter of his Vietnam memoir can be read for free at www.vietnamjerry.com

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