On a Battlefield Where Hatred Was Supposed to Draw Clear Lines Between Friend and Foe, a Military Doctor Broke Every Expectation by Kneeling in the Blood-Soaked Dirt and Choosing to Save Two Lives at Once—One Wearing His Flag, and One Wearing the Enemy’s

The explosion came so suddenly that the earth itself seemed to flinch. Captain Andrew Miller hit the ground hard as debris rained over the trench line, his ears ringing from the blast. Dust filled his mouth, smoke blurred his vision, and somewhere to his left someone was screaming for a medic.

Andrew forced himself upright, ignoring the tremor in his …