At My Purple Heart Ceremony, My Stepmother Swung a Folding Chair Into My Arm—Then My Father Looked Down Instead of Protecting Me
The general wanted to know whether I would be willing to return to the auditorium.
Not for another ceremony.
No audience.
No press.
My answer was immediate.
“No.”
Then I thought about it for three days.
Called back.
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