dedalus Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Three ships in the docks and fifteen hours to unload them. Drone of the bombers overhead again, the whistling sounds, the explosions, the shaking earth, the pyres of fire. Jesus, one of these days they’ll hit you, smack dab in the place you stand. A necessary risk in my reserved occupation, serving the needs of this battling nation. All the soldier boys are far away and their wives and girls get lonely. We are the only boys in town. We were the only fuckin boys in town until the bleedin’ Yanks came in, overpaid, oversexed … and over here. Nylons, chewing gum, the PX stores, cartons of bloody cigarettes, flagons of whiskey, beer, and Coca Cola. We were seriously outclassed. So I joined the fuckin Army. Why not? Just in time for Second Burma. To hell with Monty, that prancing idiot: my respect lies firm with General Slim, the best of them all in that awful War. Quote Drown your sorrows in drink, by all means, but the real sorrows can swim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 The local girls like American boys? Where do I sign up? (The townies might have better luck in a foreign land, in a foreign war, lol.) Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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