“My Daughter Called Me From A Hospital Bed And Whispered, ‘Mom… Please Come Get Me.’ I Walked In Still Wearing My Colonel’s Uniform. Her Husband’s Mother Smiled, ‘Your Rank Doesn’t Impress Us.’ I Answered, ‘I’m Not Going To Touch Anyone. I’m Going To Bury You Beneath Mountains Of Paperwork.’”
Army colonel who understood strategy and pressure. They weren’t. They were fighting a mother. And there is no force more relentless than a mother determined to protect her child.