The Shadow of the Guidon: A Legacy Bound in Cold Marble and Unyielding Steel
CHAPTER 1: THE MARBLE THRESHOLD The administrative desk at the entrance of the General Omar Bradley Memorial Hall did not click or hum; it swallowed sound entirely. Thomas stood on the perimeter of the chevron-patterned marble, his calloused thumbs hooked into the shallow pockets of his black windbreaker. The fabric was thin, cheap synthetic that…