[War] US: What now?

[John Penta]

"What now?"
7 May 2014
President John Williams
USA
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<Arlington National Cemetery>

     It was a damp May night through which the anonymous red sedan drove.

    Pulling to an inconspicuous stop, the car's doors opened, and
three men exited. They walked in silence through the grass, not a word
passing their lips.

    Until finally they stopped in front of one gravestone among many.
It read, simply:

    ROBERT W. PEARSON
    13 JAN 1984
    5 MAY 2002
    PVT US ARMY
    BRONZE STAR
    PURPLE HEART
    OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
    BELOVED SON

"Bobby," noted his commander...Now the President. "I remember how we'd
spend nights arguing. Youngest guy in the platoon, yet you argued with
me like a lion. On things most people a decade or two older than you
wouldn't get."

He knelt. "Damn sniper. Bobby..." He spoke softly, then whispered.
"Wish you were here, Pup. Could use the advice...and the perspective
from Charlie platoon's own strategos."

Quietly, he stood, before the group walked off.
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Actions:
1. Just some character development.