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Oh And two minutes later he had bled out into wet sand

“Aw, jeez, Sarge,” Jenou coet hs “Okay, Booboo or whatever your narab your cash because we are heading for town”

“Wait aa private eant work, isn’t it?”

Cole says, “Yes it is, Richlin, just like it’s uess what? I just did”

Rio is not specifically excited to see Tunis, but she is bored to the point of unconsciousness and welco at all that breaks the routine Tunis, Paris, or the Gates of Hell, she’s up for anything that is not this tent She shoulders her rifle

“Nuh-uh-uh,” Cole says “No weapons Drunk GIs and weapons are not a good mix Do you all comprehend me? I a about you from the MPs”

Rio and Jenou, with Beebee in tow, join the others cli aboard an open deuce-and-a-half truck whose driver has been persuaded to drive into town in exchange for half a carton of Luckies

It’s a dusty, bouncing, behind-pounding, spine-crunching, noisy, two-hour drive down roads choked with overns the roads: at the lowest end are civilians, Arabs and Berbers with huge loads on their backs or s heavily laden donkeys; next, soldiers on foot; then the trucks Jeeps carrying officers are next, and at the top of the precedence, tanks, because no one wants to get in the way of a Sherman

Speaking of which, there is a very odd sight by the side of the road, a Sher vertically out of a crater A bulldozer idles beside it, and colored troops are running a thick chain from the tractor to the front of the tank

Beebee says, “So I guess some of you fellows have seen action?”

Luther Geer seizes the opportunity to iuy “We have been into the jaws of death, youngster Jaws of death! Krauts everywhere, bullets flying, blood up to our knees!”

“And how about you girls?” Beebee asks, unconsciously drawing closer to them

“Well,” Jenou drawls, “wethe Krauts”

Jack euffaw Then, as if it’s the most serious matter in the world, he leans toward Beebee and says, “Of course you Yanks call them cookies, but the proper term is biscuits”

“I like Castain’s biscuits” Tilo smirks “Richlin’s biscuits haven’t quite risen, if you see what I mean”