"A True Type of an American Soldier; Brave, Cool, and Determined"
New for December 2025
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After the initial burst of patriotism, the quintessential citizen-soldier in an infantry regiment is left to ponder existential questions that haunt almost every soldier who makes it onto a battlefield for the first time: How will I perform in combat? Willie Rexford answered these questions in 1862. Here's the story.
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