In this moving episode of Raising Men, host Shaun sits down with Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) to explore the "letters he hoped would never be read." Hertling reflects on the nearly four decades he spent commanding soldiers and the private journal entries he wrote to his young sons while preparing for combat during the first Gulf War.

Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) joins the MeidasTouch Podcast to discuss his new book, If I Don't Return. Hertling recounts the emotional process of revisiting these letters decades later and the lessons they hold for the next generation of leaders.