A Recruit at Christmas

"A Recruit at Christmas" follows Lieutenant Claflin, a young naval officer manning a Bowery recruiting station on Christmas Eve, as a disheveled young man arrives to enlist. Claflin sees past the paperwork to a man at a crossroads — not a natural soldier, but someone caught between self-destruction and the chance to go home. In a quiet act that bends every regulation, he speaks honestly about what enlisting will truly cost, and what the man might still reclaim.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-short-stories--6577582/support.