Maj. Boyd read, as the hospital staff gathered around.
"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul."
The chaplain told me he liked to read Psalm 23 because it said the most with the fewest words.
"Attention," a female lieutenant colonel commanded. Everyone drew upright.
Men and women in their scrubs who looked very much like normal nurses and doctors revealed themselves to be something much more.
All were silent as two soldiers approached the body. They unfurled the American flag. One tucked part of the flag underneath the soldier, while the other folded the other end over.
"Present arms."
The two soldiers took out their comrade-in-arms and the men and women snapped to a salute.
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