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"I I " feel feelBOod feelgood fedgood BOod good I 1 was going 01ng to Join up any aD7- aD7 any- anyway aD7way anyway - way ' After a moment ha be he growled growled"My growledMy . . , "My My " kid brother was at MidwayHa Midway MidwayHe Midwaylie He lie was a flier Wer Yeah Yeab . , ha be he got lot killedthere kJUed killed kJUedLhere killedthere Lhere there After tha the family famUy squeezedevery squeezed squeezedevery very every nickel tor for years yeara ending sending binto him himto himto ) to college and on " 'Oh Oh ' Oh : , . " ' said Mr Winkle"Me W1nlt1e"Me Winkle W1nlt1e Winkle"Me "Me Me " , , . " Mr Tln1 Tinker er went on , , "all all "aU aU "allI " I ( want to do I is . kill kiU ma me one on * Jap 1 I II Idon I don on t want to shoot sboot him hlm I 1 Jwst Just Justwant Justwant . want to get him between tbesa the.e thee these . " . Be He BeI Bepushed Hepushed Hapushed pushed out two great hairy bairy bandiand bands hands bandsI bandsand handsand I and clenched each eacb int Into * a fist . . I 4 4I I II / Vb.en Vben "When When " "Whe Whe " ) . yOU ya feel y'ra yra JOou.re JOoure you're youre ' . ' &hree- &hree hree &hree1U&rw three-guar three guar threeguartern & tkrea-caar-tera tkrea caar tera 1U&rw 1Urw 1U&rwters - < - & - ters tern lae done * , . atop stop at * * " . 'That That "That ' "ThatU ThatU " ' II 11 be for tor the kid . . The rest restI rest111 I 11 get eet will be gravy " Mr Winkle wished wisbed that ha he badonly had hadonly hadonly only a . small part of or tba the plumber'slust plumberslust plumber's plumbers plumber'slust plumber'slust ' ' lust for vengeance ' , It If I don't dont ' gat get to the Japs daps , , . " pro pro- proposed proposed proposed - posed Mr Tinker , "and and " you do dl ( willyou will willyou willyou you strangle ona one for ma me ? " Mr Winkia Winkle swallowed His Hill Ills throat throatfelt throatfelt throatfelt felt dry ' ' . Why , . yes-certainly yes certainly yes--certainly yes - - - certainly " hepromised he hepromised bapromised promisedDon't promised ' , Don't Dont ' go eo back on me " Mr Tinker Tink Tink- Tinker Tinker - er searched .earcbed earcbed . Mr Winkia Winkle with hisbeetling his hisbeeUing hisbeetling beeUing beetling gaze But he didn't didnt dldn't dldnt ' give MrWinkle Mr MrWinkle MrWinkle Winkle the mouse-look mouse look - - . . In appreciation . , , Mr Winkle said"I saidI said , . , "I I " wont won t go back on you yon . . ' As it fl if he b * weren t quite Quit * sure lure MrWinkle Mr MrWinkle MrWinki Winkle * would keep to hi his . word , , . orwas or orVas orwas \Vas Vas was \ capable of keeping to It it , , , MrTmker Mr MrTmker MrTinker Tmker pronounced , , . I 1 m going to toask toask toask ask askevery every guy I 1 meet so there won'tbe won't wont won'tbe won'tbe wontbe ' ' be no mistake about it itMr ItMr ItMr Mr Winkle was ennous enVIous and a littie lit littIe ! it ittie tIe awed awedMr Mr Tinker scowled Somethingwas Something was bothering bothermg him h1m I didn dldn t likeall like likeall likeall all them questions they asked ' ' be he besaid hesaid hesaid said What a s tha the idea of all thatstu1l thatstuff that thattuff stu1l stuff tuff ? Mr Winkle explained that it wasto was wasto wasto to fit each eacb man Into work according accordingto to the best beat of bis his abilities and end experlence experlenceYou ex experience experience perience perienceYou You mean ' asked Mr Tinkerthey Tinker Tinkerthey Tinkerthey they maybe might not mak make * meinto meInto me meInto Into a shooting shootmg soldier ? " Mr Winkle said there was a pOs poe pOssibUlt poesibility possibility of . this t.h1s th1s especially ecial1y to in view of sibUlt sibility ! . es _ yl w . a s handy with toolsNot toolsNot tools toolsNot Not a plumber ? ' ' Mr Tinker Tinkerasked Tinkerasked Tinkerasked asked in alarm . . 'I I ' * ' I won t ba be no noplumber noplumber noplumberIt plumber plumberIt It WAS Mr Winkle's Winkles Wlnkle's Wlnkles Wfnkle's Wfnkles ' opinion thatthe thatthe that thatthe the Army bad had all aU its plumbing takencara taken takencare takencare care of by civilian contractors Itwould Itwould It Itwould would be in soma some other mechanical mechanicalcapacity mechanicalcapacity mechanicalcapacity mechanicalcapacityMr capacity capacityMr Mr Tinker looked glum "Thenbow ' "Thenbow Thenbow " ben "Then Then benhow ' ! how bow am I J going to get ma me a JapY Jap Jap"Ha JapHa ? " He held beld up bis his hi . bands hands and stared .tared tared . at atthem atthem atthem them as if It he wera were going to faU fall faUthem fallthem fallthem them "I I " knew I shouldna abouldna told thatguy thatguy that thatguy guy I 1 take down my Jalopies and putthem put putthem putthem them together again . . ' " " "Well Well "Wen Wen . , , " Mr Winkle consoled him"It himIt hIm , him , "It It " Isn ! isnt sa t decided yet . . " Ha He lie didn dldn didnt t confess his tear fear that It Itwas Itwas itwas was Ha He baa had bad beard heard the stories-and stories and storiesandmet storiesandmet stories - - andmet met a few examples-of examples of examples--of examples - - - of tha the Army Armyhabit Armyhabit Armyhabit habit of learning that a man waa was a abaker abaker abaker baker and then promptly prompUy makin making , a atruck atruck atruck truck driver out of him . . Thinkingof Thinking of himself as a round peg Mr Winkle Win WinIde Winkle Ide kle was aur sure * that ba be he v.ould vould would . oul4 remainin remainin remain remainIn In tba the square hole bole of training tratnln , tor for theinfantry theinfantry the theInfantry Infantry in which ha he now found hlm him hlmself himself himcelt self fastened securelyMr securelyMr securely securelyMr Mr Winkle waa was sura sure that his misery mis mis- misery misery - - ery was greater than that of or any an , . or of ofhis orhb ofhis hb his fepow fellows felows ) . . , filled Fmed with rules andregulations and anet re regulations regulations.to regulationsto atlOJU . . , to say nothing nothiDlof of tba the ArUclas ArtIcle Articles . of 01 WarInstruction W Warr . , . InstrucUon Instruction oo on How and Whom to Sa- Sa SaIuteSow Sa Salute . - IuteSow lute . 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" , a5 a5represented asrepresented . . rePf"leDte rePfleDte represented " by Sargesnt- Sargesnt Sergeattts SargesntCiacalds S r'lean.t rlean.t rleant ' ; . - Ciacalds Czelde- Czelde Czeldeskrawskl'lalIed . . - krowski.laUtd krowskilaUtd skrawskl'lalIed skrawskllalIed lkr W cJ . . ' aUed to appray appto'fe apptofe spprope ' . , . Mr hglr * . Wo-kla Wo kla WIn - . Jd kle repTted reported . f to tbs the fe ) Mess . . Se Sargeaat.3 Sargeaat3 Sergeant Sargeaat.3AImast ce'L ceL " ' . . j " AImast Almod Almost always alWnya e1w . : ; thera there thew he her ha'foundFreddie hafoundFreddie j ' totmd fotuul totmdFreddIe fotuulFreddie FreddIe , . who had bact : virtually vlrtuaUT tIirWalty taken tateQ up upresidehce upresidaxca 'fIId.dce fIId.dce fIIddce residehce ! ' , . : In the th * kitchen . . . 3a Jack ap ep appeared OO * eared > peared geared . , too . , as cc 8 . wall w.en wen well . . as kt8 . ; Mr ' . , T Tin Tinkar.They TinkarThey ter et . , . Thq They washed waabed dlshetept dishes dlshe . , swept \tept tept avbept \ tbs the 4w 5001 4wand floorand ' and peeled onions onion . and 04 even evgt e\I e I \ ' totradiu tht the thttJ'aaJU thetraditional * tJ'aaJU tJaaJU traditional . ' 1 al potatoes p t.toe ttoe . , . Ones Once 0neMr . Mr : MrWin , . Win-kla Win kla Win- Win Winkle - kle was Wit . ftyen giyen , Iyen a bag be . and a . stick Uck ltlck : witkan w1t with withan & an irox tron Iron point po1nt on Its Itl end en4 U and .met met . ld told tpick to topicJ topick * picJ pick ; up papers aid and cigaratta cIarette cigarette , butt.l buttl butts butt.laround buttsaround buttsaround . around tba the grounds eroundl Ha He Was certainthat certain certainthat certalathat that this thb was no kind of work for tQ1 ' a . arespectable arespectable reapectable respectable married citizen elUzeq of the theUnited theUnited tbsUnited United States State . . Not even when ha he was wal doing doinl thIngS thIngSdebt thingsright thingsright debt right could Mr Winkia Winkle satisfy .atlsf1 atlsf1 . tbsWar the theWar theWar War Department . . On th the * exercle exercise exerclefield exercisefield axercisfield * * field b be he * kept k P1 up with tbs the other menthough men men . , though h be * knew his 1m faCa'waa faCawaa faee'was faeewas fate'w fatew ' . . flushedand tluihed flushed tluihedand flushedand and ba be he breathed bre.athed . hard harcl . . Than Then Th D , , _ abrupt abtup abruptly . ly Iy , , . tha the muscled muacled : axercis exercise * Sergeantwould sergeant sergeantwould Sergeantwould would calluHeou call uHeou "Hey Hey "Hey.youtbers Hey.youtbers Heyyoutbers " , . , you , there-Jobnl there Jobnl there--Jobni Jobni - - - Jobnl " Mr . Winkle WJnkle realized h b he * was beln being beingaddressed beingaddressed , addressed . . . * ' "What's Whats uWbat's uWbats " ' your name ? " ths the ex exec execelse exer-cisa exer cisa r- r - relse - else Sergeant Serge nt demanded . . "Winkls Winkls "Wtnkle Wtnkle "Winkle Winkle " . , " replied repUed Mr Winkle quitsaa qUite qUitea quiteas a as . if bis his nsmeplats nameplate , . pinned on hischest his hischest hischest chest . , , did 41d not announce announ e tha the tact facL fact facL"All . "AU AU "All All " right rlgbt . , . Jahn .John John , " , " " be he was Wal advised advised"when advisedwhen . , "wben wben "when when " you 70U feel " you're youre "ou're oure ' ree-quar- ree quar three-quar- three reequarters threequarters ( three-quart-ters three quart ters - - - - - ters done , . stop atop 'lbat lbat ' That's Thats ' ' . an order orderYou orderYou orderYou You know what wbat an order Is , . John Johnt ? " " Mr Winkia Winkle . said .ald ald that be he did"So did"So did did"So "So So " I don't dont dQJl't dQJlt dop't dopt ' ' want to wast waste * time timeplc1dn1 timepicking timapicking plc1dn1 picking up any guys IU3'8 IU38 guya ' . who wbo pass out"tba outtba out out . , " the Sergeant Serleant instructed bun him bunMr himMr himMr Mr Winkle WJnkle noticed that b be he * wastha was wasthe wasthe the only man told to take it easy.Mr easyMr easy . , Mr Tinker wasn't wasnt waen't waent ' ' told anytbInl anything anythingbut , , . but kept : right on with tha the others otherseven , , even though thougb ha be he puffed . . A At bayonet practice be he h * could Ond find Ondno findno findno no satisfaction in , jabbing abbInI at the theswinging theswinging theswinging swinging stuffed stufted figure ftgure Ha He simply simplycould simplycould simplycould could not conceive of himself 1mself everthrusting ever everthrusting everthrusting thrusting that wicked blade into another an- an another an * - other human being , . no matter m tter howmuch bow how bowmucb howmuch mucb much a German or a Jap deservedit deserveditHa deserved it It . . Ha He shuddered when wben it was ex ex- ex explained explained * . - plained that it was often dimcult dUftcult difficult to towithdraw towithdraw towithdraw withdraw the blade from a body , , . and andsometimes andsometimes andsometimes sometimes it bad had to be twisted out outCertainly . . Certainly he didn't didnt didn.t ' ' . lunge at the theftgure thefigure thefigure ftgure figure tba the way Jack Pettlgrew Pettigrew didEveryone did didEveryone didEveryon Everyone * knew that when wben Jackthrust Jack Jackthrust Jackthrust thrust his bis bayonet into it If It . , ba he wassticking wal was walstlck1n1 wassticking stlck1n1 sticking Freddia Freddie with it it . . When Fred'die Freddie Fred- Fred Freddie Freddie ' - die sliced with bis his bayonet , . |