C17 Unexpected Turning Point
If the intensity of the conflict was frightening, frightening, and impressive, then the daily torments of the calendar were a sawing test. In this sort of test, there was no battlefield, no smoke, no wanton action, no end point of victory or defeat. There was only endless loss and fatigue, and every minute that he wanted to give up, he had to pull himself together again.
In the dead of night