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"
I
did
n't
have
to
ask
what
he
meant
.
Casualties
.
There
were
always
vacancies
in
the
T.
O.
;
you
could
n't
get
enough
trained
soldiers
to
fill
them
.
Instead
I
said
,
"
Uh
...
but
,
Father
,
you
're
--
Well
,
I
mean
,
are
n't
you
sort
of
old
to
be
soldiering
?
I
mean
the
Navy
,
or
Logistics
,
or
--
"
"
I
wanted
the
M.
I.
and
I
got
it
!
"
he
said
emphatically
.
"
And
I
'm
no
older
than
many
sergeants
--
not
as
old
,
in
fact
.
Son
,
the
mere
fact
that
I
am
twenty-two
years
older
than
you
are
does
n't
put
me
in
a
wheel
chair
.
And
age
has
its
advantages
,
too
.
"
Well
,
there
was
something
in
that
.
I
recalled
how
Sergeant
Zim
had
always
tried
the
older
men
first
,
when
he
was
dealing
out
boot
chevrons
.
And
Father
would
never
have
goofed
in
Basic
the
way
I
had
--
no
lashes
for
him
.
He
was
probably
spotted
as
non-com
material
before
he
ever
finished
Basic
.
The
Army
needs
a
lot
of
really
grown-up
men
in
the
middle
grades
;
it
's
a
paternalistic
organization
.
I
did
n't
have
to
ask
him
why
he
had
wanted
M.
I.
,
nor
why
or
how
he
had
wound
up
in
my
ship
--
I
just
felt
warm
about
it
,
more
'
flattered
by
it
than
any
praise
he
had
ever
given
me
in
words
.
And
I
did
n't
want
to
ask
him
why
he
had
joined
up
;
I
felt
that
I
knew
.
Mother
.
Neither
of
us
had
mentioned
her
--
too
painful
.
So
I
changed
the
subject
abruptly
.
"
Bring
me
up
to
date
.
Tell
me
where
you
've
been
and
what
you
've
done
.
"
"
Well
,
I
trained
at
Camp
San
Martin
--
"
"
Huh
?
Not
Currie
?
"
"
New
one
.
But
the
same
old
lumps
,
I
understand
.
Only
they
rush
you
through
two
months
faster
,
you
do
n't
get
Sundays
off
.
Then
I
requested
the
Rodger
Young
--
and
did
n't
get
it
--
and
wound
up
in
McSlattery
's
Volunteers
.
A
good
outfit
.
"
