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Upstarts
Almost all the troops were green, and I was glad I knew the password. "Triggerhappy" is
the word for the sentries. The one at the 359th got the password from Jacobs and me, then kept
us at bay while he sent for someone who knew us to identify us. ("I thought he would give me a
shave with that bayonet," Jake commented.) Nobody was taking any chances. They had read
books and seen movies about spies, snipers, and infiltrating patrols.
Finally we got back to our assembly field and my bedroll was soaked. In
spite of that fact
and in spite of all my surplus of sleep on the ship, I slept very soundly for what little was left of
the night. It
was over a week before my bedroll completely dried out, but that never kept me
awake when I got a chance to get into it.
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