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“I guess we’re lucky,” Roth said
Minetta’s voice was very lowBeing doubled up on guard ain’t so good eitherThree hours on a night like this is enough to make you flip your lidHow do we know that the Japs won’t break through, and before your shift is over they’ll be attacking right here? We’re only ten miles from the frontMaybe they’ll have a patrol out here
“This is serious,” Roth saidHe remembered the way Goldstein’s face had looked when he was making his pack soon after the stormGoldstein was up there now, seeing combatRoth had an odd sensationHe might even be killedAny of them — Red, Gallagher, Sergeant Croft, Wyman, Toglio, or Martinez or Ridges or Wilson; they were all up there now, right in the middle of itAny one of them could be gone by tomorrowIt was horrible the way a man could be killedHe wanted to tell Minetta some of this”Jeez, I’m glad this is over He started to go and then turned back”You know who you wake up?”
“Sergeant Brown?”
“That’s rightHe’s sleeping on a blanket with Stanley over there Minetta indicated the direction vaguely
Roth muttered, “Just five of us on this part of the perimeterThink of it, five men having to hold down a whole platoon’s part of the perimeter
“That’s what I mean,” Minetta said”We ain’t getting any breakAt least there’s a lot of men where the first squa