LettersfromaBox

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"Dad? about?" weekend. mother, Anna, wife, Virginia, shopping, alone.
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( h; t5 V- K6 |1 P/ S"I Dad's I about." a a letters. yellowed, attached.
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"Letters?" box, a mitt, Randall's letters.
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"Yeah. friend, Foster, fifties, Korea. I don't through, later." letter.
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% {% ]' C* g& y3 d& s13th, 1950
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! {) ~9 b, F3 G. LJames, horrible. soldiers'm war. terrible. I a a tent, I wouldn't domination, either. country.

( Z" t' Y. D* s0 h7 C9 yCertainly, doesn't war. can't they're onrsonally, I here. Undoubtedly, I conditions, I life, I'd I could.
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James, I R&R Seoul. solid. Jeep, everything. couldn't unattended, I a Jeep. turn. horrendous, I actions. we're here, isn't we've it.
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James,
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; s* ~) Y/ q0 U2 h! ?I've Korean's here. circumstances. I've a village, a Gijichon, nearby. there, families.

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% R4 c8 R. f3 I( F2 LJames, I yesterday. safe. I base, protection. I out, I parents. I home. well, I home. her.

3 k! N  F7 p3 K- u( S; J# L" T( da Telegram: Foster, son, Foster, 14, 1951. day.

Foster,
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I friend, Alex, duty. communication you. I I Alex's saved. down, wounded. I out. cold, trail. place. However, afterward, a outright. pain. choice't a scratch. me, boys. I can't heaven, I a way. Alex's day. brought, wounded. him. I survived, either. I day.
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& s" d' _7 G5 @$ dfather, "It a hero, a ago. this?" document, a 13th, 1952. "So Alex's sister?"
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"No, Nari. friend's widow, grandmother, Lily. Nari, couldn't that."
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3 s2 C% g9 ]& G! k/ Z8 OUnderstanding Randall's face. asked, "Great first?" document, a Hill, Jr., 23rd, 1952. dates.

& T$ n. ?/ d( G  v" g% X"James soon's son." head. "Yes.
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1 q7 |: }9 f* C( H0 J"So, friend's own?" said, "He a a friend. couldn't then."

"But younger. have..." off. didn't say.
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' B& ?; }' {7 Y# `" S$ E9 c. X1 C"It obligation, I lives. away, maybe. kids. I up, I other. away. other, kitchen." a grandparents.
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"That are, too," said. son. "And are, a , though." shrugged, "Of are! We've a months!" a said, "So aren't then. Right?" head. "No, all. I about. Hill's been. son, father, Junior. wouldn't hadn't in. a her." a moment. "So a hero, then, don't name."

"Without in, 't exist. letters. a there, though. life, read." continued, "But heroes. a soldiers. a them. a child. a hero. nothingces. didn't. life... lives... better." documents. son's said, "I a hero."
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