I loved this story. I was informed that the narrator was the “voice of the apocolypse,” and rightfully so, for his delivery is flawless. What disgusted me was that the entire time, people, marriages, children, were being safeguarded by a man who was stripped of his joy, and then he was ridiculed by some of the very people who survived/benefited from his actions, because they were not capable of doing so for themselves. Anyone, especially highr end public servants who ever said “thank you for your service” are liars.Thier comfy lives are only made possible by the actions of men and women like Mr Battle. But they are not taken seriously when they come home questioning the failed authorities that they now are obligated to answer to… “You are awarded (whatever) on behalf of a grateful nation” B.S. The American sheeple have NO idea how good they have it under God, and the blood, sweat and sometimes tears that their efforts provide… and they prove it, election after election by putting privileged schoolyard sissies in positions of power. Sheeple better toughen up. and quit expecting “someone else” to do something about “it.”