Sacred Duty A Soldier's Tour at Arlington National Cemetery

Tom Cotton

eBook - 2019

A New York Times–bestselling behind-the-scenes look at the US Army unit stationed at Arlington National Cemetery. An extraordinary journey behind the scenes of Arlington National Cemetery, Senator Tom Cotton's Sacred Duty offers an intimate and inspiring portrait of "The Old Guard," the revered US Army unit whose mission is to honor our country's fallen heroes on the most hallowed ground in America.Cotton was a platoon leader with the storied 3rd US Infantry Regiment—The Old Guard—between combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. At the height of the Iraq Surge, he carried the flag-draped remains of his fallen comrades off of airplanes at Dover Air Force Base, and he laid them to rest in Arlington's famed Section ...60, "the saddest acre in America." He also performed hundreds of funerals for veterans of the Greatest Generation, as well as the Korean and Vietnam Wars.The Old Guard has embodied the ideals of honor and sacrifice across our nation's... more