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sneak241
Thu Nov 15 2001 at 23:54:55
Just a few days ago I arrived at
Camp Colt
in
Pennsylvania
for my
basic training
. My
unit
has a lot of my
buddies
from my
hometown
. Our
commanding officer
, Lt. Holland, told us that we will only be in basic training for two weeks because the need for soldiers is so great over there in Europe. We're goin' to work hard to get ready on time.
Army life
isn't quite as bad as it's made to be. I guess livin' on a farm my whole life kinda prepared me for it. You just do what they tell ya, and don't complain, and they don't bother ya,
unlike real life
.
Who knows
? After all this
excitement
, I don't know if I'll ever return to the old borin' farm. I could even make a
career
out of the Army if I felt like it. Hell, I can
shoot straight
,
obey orders
, and
march
half-decent. Who knows what I could do?
The possibilities are endless
.
But right now I have to focus on my
job
, and that's gettin' ready to be
shipped off
to Europe. We keep hearin' reports on how them
Huns
are givin the
Brits
and the
French
a hard time, and how bad they need us over there. Every night I
dream
about bein' a big
war hero
and chargin' the
enemy lines
like my
grandpa
did back in the
Civil War
.
I feel so alive
, like I'm finally makin' somethin' of myself. When I was back on the farm I saw only a
dull future
workin' on the farm every year. The only things that seemed to give me
hope
was thoughts of
far-away lands
I saw in the
theater
or
read
in
books
. Now I'll finally get to see all those places that I've been dreamin' about for all those years.
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