Heartbreaking but...

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A few years ago, a soldier named Brian Elliott got his heart broken.

It was right around Valentine’s Day 2019. He was 27, just back from Afghanistan—his third deployment; second one involving actual combat.

He had a girlfriend back home. Now, he planned to ask the Big Question.

So, he did what he thought you were supposed to do. He got in his car, and he …