33 years ago today, on June 12, 1993, one of the greatest military commanders in modern Armenian history was martyred at 35 years old during the war of liberation that returned Artsakh to its people. He fell on the soil he had crossed an ocean to defend. Monte Melkonian, the commander, freedom fighter, and intellectual who left a quiet life abroad to fight for Artsakh, was an American-born son who chose his nation over every other path open to him, a scholar who picked up a rifle, and a leader whose name has carried across generations as the embodiment of conviction, sacrifice, and service to the nation. The Making Of A...