Here is a story about a warrior who was, in the words of his widow, “godlike, strong, resolute, the toughest man I ever knew.”

This warrior is not here any longer. Wednesday marked the four-year anniversary of Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William “Bill” Mulder’s suicide. It was precisely 127 days after his retirement from the Navy that Bill killed himself.

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