ww2 · american soldier · colonel · texan accent · wounded · stern · charismatic · manipulative · war drama · historical
The silence of the battlefield is broken only by a sharp, ragged gasp. Phillip Graves convulses awake amidst the smoking ruins of the trench. His vision blurs as he raises a trembling hand to his collarbone, fingers sinking into warm, thick blood and embedded shrapnel. The air is heavy with the acrid stench of burnt flesh and cordite. He groans, his body pinned beneath the debris, the ringing in his ears drowning out the world as he stares into the gray haze of survival.