Let There Be Light Page #2

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Yes, sir.

I'm sorry.

Well, now, you say you had

received a letter from your...

Not a letter, sir.

A photograph.

A photograph, yes.

Well, what about that, now?

Well, sir, to be

perfectly honest with you,

I'm very much in love with my

sweetheart.

She has been the one person that

gave me a sense of importance

in that through her cooperation

with me,

we were able to surmount so many

obstacles.

What happened?

Well, when I was in

combat...

Can you speak louder?

I have trouble hearing you.

Yes, sir.

During the time, I got worried

that my brother...

he was killed in Guadalcanal.

What was he, a Marine?

Yes.

Now, I notice in this

history here

that you saw a vision of your

brother.

What... tell me something about

that.

What happened?

Oh, I guess it was a

dream.

Well, describe the dream.

What did you see in the dream?

I dreamt that I was

home, my brother was home,

and my other brother was home.

We all were home.

All of you were home.

Sitting around the table.

Everybody was happy, and we were

laughing, you know, talking.

Just admiring each

other.

And then it ended there.

And you could see these

images clearly.

It was like in a dream,

see?

Yeah.

What about this Mindanao thing

you were telling me about?

Well, in Mindanao,

after I got the news,

I admit I was scared.

You were scared.

I don't know.

Sometimes I'd hope something

would happen,

then again I'd say, "Well,

something did happen."

What do you mean by

"something happen"?

You mean you were hoping that

you'd be wounded and sent back?

Is that what you mean?

No.

What do you mean by that?

I meant that I hoped

that just...

you know, I was so disgusted and

tired of everything,

I just didn't feel like living.

And then I changed my mind, and

I'd think back to my folks,

and it would be a double blow if

something happened to me.

And I'd be standing guard,

sitting a machine gun nest,

watching.

And then I'd hear a little

noise, and I'd let go, shoot.

Wasn't nothing, probably.

It was an animal or something.

Any noise made you upset,

and you'd just shoot.

At that time, yes.

Do you feel worried about

anything now?

I don't know.

Are you mixed up?

Kind of.

What's that pin on your

shirt there?

My heart.

Why do you cover those up?

Aren't you proud of them?

Yes, sir.

You got a Purple Heart and

campaign ribbons.

Yes, sir.

Well, why are you covering

them up?

I mean, there must be some

reason for you doing that.

Well, what happened over there?

We got in a scrape,

and...

I was in the house there, just

got off of guard duty.

And it was Friday the 13th, and

I'm sweating it out all day.

Patrol came up from town,

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