Come Thanksgiving, I Will Think of His Sacrifice and the Human Cost of War
I thought about his lost future and struggled to compose myself. I knew it was up to all of us who make it home to carry on the memory of those who don’t.
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DonateJoel Searls resides in Santa Clarita, California, and continues to serve in the Marine Corps Reserve as a civil affairs officer. He works in entertainment while writing for We Are The Mighty and The Leatherneck. His most recent feature film-producing project is Running with the Devil, which was written/directed by Jason Cabell, a retired Navy SEAL, and which ranked as one of the top 10 films on Netflix. You can check out more of his work on his blog and on The Samurai Pulse.
I thought about his lost future and struggled to compose myself. I knew it was up to all of us who make it home to carry on the memory of those who don’t.