So Proudly We Hail! Page #12

happened some way or another.

Thank you.

Thank you all very much.

Now I think maybe I can try to

make her speak, to hear, at least.

Miss Davidson, we're

almost home. Do you hear me?

We're almost home.

Chair, nurse.

I have a letter for you.

"My darling, I'm writing this

from Mindanao.

"We leave in the morning

for an unknown destination.

"I write with no

so-called premonitions.

"As a matter of fact, I'm writing

this in a pleasant little bar

"on the outskirts.

"I've ordered two daiquiris,

"one for you

and one for me.

"I miss you.

I miss you all the time.

"It was such a short time,

wasn't it?

"And yet,

I remember every second of it.

"From the moment

you washed my back,

"and I could use

a good bath right now,

"till your face faded from view

in the darkness when I left.

"I think about you

all the time,

"and wish things

were different.

"Things will be different.

"I know that now because

there is good in this war,

"much as I hate it.

"This is not just

a war of soldiers.

"You weren't soldiers

in the strict sense.

"You were just kids from all

walks of life. All kinds of people.

"There's something new in

this war, something good.

"You could see it,

this new thing,

"even in their tired, hungry faces

as they took courage one from another.

"This is not a people's war,

because civilians also get killed."

"It's the people's war because

they have taken it over now

"and are going to win it

and end it with a purpose.

"To live like men with dignity in

freedom. This is the good I've found.

"There's a small voice

whispering around the earth.

"And the people are beginning

to talk across their boundaries.

"This voice will grow in volume,

until it thunders all over the world.

"It's what you said, and what

Jose said and what Rosemary felt,

"and Olivia.

"It's the rage

that made Kansas cry.

"It says,

'This is our war now,

"and this time

it will be our peace."

"I'm proud,

proud to have known you,

"proud to have

received your love.

"Already I've had a complete,

rich life in three short months.

"I'm enclosing a deed to that

little farm I told you about.

"It's now in your name.

I'll wait for you there.

"Or if you're there first,

wait for me.

"Thank you. Thank you,

my darling, for my life.

"Thank you for everything.

"Your devoted, and this is the

first time I've ever written this,

"your devoted husband."

John.

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