Said he was sorry he broke her radio. He was 19. We buried him in the corner we’ve been using for waste. Mercer said words…
My grandfather was 92nd Infantry, Buffalo Soldiers, Italy. He used to say, “The army has two histories. The one they write down and the one…
Soviet patrols hunting them, making it to American lines, only to be detained by counter intelligence instead of welcomed home. July 1945. They’re holding us…
Judge Colonel Patricia Morrison presiding, a woman in her 60s with 30 years on the bench and a reputation for following procedure to the letter.…
And if every officer made that same decision, if everyone decided to ignore regulations when they felt personally justified, what happens to order, discipline, the…

South of the Dead Sea, there is a place called Zorb Brook. It is not to be confused with Zor, [music] the place to which…
Tin cups on the table, one still upright like someone had been interrupted mid-drink. A Bible with water damage blooming across its cover. Pages swollen…
They’re using it to argue that your grandfather did die in 1945, that his death is documented and verified, and that your entire investigation is…
And what happened to these soldiers? They were silenced. Some were killed, like Staff Sergeant Mercer. Others were given new identities and forced into hiding.…
About Eddie Walsh, 19 years old, dying in a bunker and being buried in darkness. about his grandfather, 28 years old, sitting in a detention…





