"I'd appreciate it if you would." He watched her go and the had his own stomach lurch when she picked up the picture.
"I ... I can't give out details, even though it's been a few years. I wasn't in command then, I was just a soldier. So they aren't really my details to give. But I can say," he stood, taking his glass with, "that it's in a desert in Africa."
"We took that picture before we began any work, just to remember who there. I think we all knew that quite a few wouldn't be coming back. And," he had a long drink, "we were right."