Soldiers Don't Cry

It must have been the rain

It must have been the rain. Because soldiers don’t cry.

Especially Rangers.

I was no Ranger. I was a regular Army Specialist-4, a photojournalist, and I’d been covering the 1/75 Ranger battalion for a year. The Rangers were disinterested at first. I was just another REMF — Rear Echelon…well, you can guess the rest — without a rucksack and carrying cameras…