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"

One

man

absent

,

"

I

reported

to

Johnson

.

"

Flores

,

squad

six

.

"

"

Missing

or

dead

?

"

"

I

do

n't

know

.

Squad

leader

and

assistant

section

leader

dropping

out

for

pickup

.

"

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"

Johnnie

,

you

let

Ace

take

it

.

"

But

I

did

n't

hear

him

,

so

I

did

n't

answer

.

I

heard

him

report

to

Jelly

and

I

heard

Jelly

cuss

.

Now

look

,

I

was

n't

bucking

for

a

medal

--

it

's

the

assistant

section

leader

's

business

to

make

pickup

;

he

's

the

chaser

,

the

last

man

in

,

expendable

.

The

squad

leaders

have

other

work

to

do

.

As

you

've

no

doubt

gathered

by

now

the

assistant

section

leader

is

n't

necessary

as

long

as

the

section

leader

is

alive

.

Right

that

moment

I

was

feeling

unusually

expendable

,

almost

expended

,

because

I

was

hearing

the

sweetest

sound

in

the

universe

,

the

beacon

the

retrieval

boat

would

land

on

,

sounding

our

recall

.

The

beacon

is

a

robot

rocket

,

fired

ahead

of

the

retrieval

boat

,

just

a

spike

that

buries

itself

in

the

ground

and

starts

broadcasting

that

welcome

,

welcome

music

.

The

retrieval

boat

homes

in

on

it

automatically

three

minutes

later

and

you

had

better

be

on

hand

,

because

the

bus

ca

n't

wait

and

there

wo

n't

be

another

one

along

.

But

you

do

n't

walk

away

on

another

cap

trooper

,

not

while

there

's

a

chance

he

's

still

alive

--

not

in

Rasczak

's

Roughnecks

.

Not

in

any

outfit

of

the

Mobile

Infantry

.

You

try

to

make

pickup

.

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I

heard

Jelly

order

:

"

Heads

up

,

lads

!

Close

to

retrieval

circle

and

interdict

!

On

the

bounce

!

"

And

I

heard

the

beacon

's

sweet

voice

:

"

--

to

the

everlasting

glory

of

the

infantry

,

shines

the

name

,

shines

the

name

of

Rodger

Young

!

"

and

I

wanted

to

head

for

it

so

bad

I

could

taste

it

.

Instead

I

was

headed

the

other

way

,

closing

on

Ace

's

beacon

and

expending

what

I

had

left

of

bombs

and

fire

pills

and

anything

else

that

would

weigh

me

down

.

"

Ace

!

You

got

his

beacon

?

"

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