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The buzzing in the medical tent was a familiar kind of chaos. Drills, shouting, the rhythmic thud of boots on hard-packed dirt just outside.…
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Twelve-year-old Ethan Marsh loved snow. He loved how it made the world shine, how it softened sounds, how it covered everything in white…