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The Hero A Nation Forgot

A cold and lonely soldier stands abandoned among a busy city crowd his strength departed from him long ago, he no longer feels proud, in his youth he put his life on the line for a country that he loved, for the people that he held close to his heart and for each one of us, he was subjected to a war where he fought so long and so hard. his body now stands broken, his mind tormente...

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