Chapter Thirty-Eight: Farewell, Statue of Liberty

"Dear madam, soon, your son, Sergeant Reis? Parks (whose names are added according to their names) will descend from the sky to the ground to fight and defeat the enemy. He will be issued with the finest weapons and equipment. In order to succeed on the battlefield, he has been subjected to months of hard and intense training. ……”

"Please write to him often and give him love and encouragement, which will strengthen his will to fight. With this, he will go forward and earn honor for himself, make you proud of him, and his homeland will thank him for serving his country at such a critical time. -- Commander of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne Division? Captain Sauber".

It was a letter written by Captain Sober in a fixed format, intended to be addressed to the mother of every soldier. Parks doesn't know where his mother is. According to the records on the military register, he should have been born in California, but what about the original Parks's mother? Parks thought maybe he should go back and take a look after the war was over.

The brothers of Company E, carrying their bags and weapons on their backs, lined up in a long line and boarded the troop carrier. Someone was at the boarding place, holding the list, shouting their names loudly, and during the boarding process, few people spoke, and their mood was apprehensive and excited. Parks is the same, although this is not his first time fighting overseas, but that feeling is something that he will never forget.

The smoke-emitting barge carried the troop carrier out of the dock. After the whistle, the troop carrier began to slowly sail towards the sea. Nearly all of the brothers of Company E stood by the guardrail, quietly watching as the Statue of Liberty gradually deflected and turned in the direction of the stern. Almost all of them are leaving the United States for the first time.

When the Statue of Liberty gradually became a smaller and smaller shadow, and finally could no longer be seen, everyone had the consciousness to turn back from their contemplation.

"What are you thinking? Parks! White turned his head to look at him.

Parks took a deep breath of the salty air of the sea and said, "I don't know, I think a lot, my mother, and Virginia, and Jenneve, and of course, our brothers together. He let out a long breath, "Maybe on the battlefield, some of our brothers will quit our team because of the war, or be wounded or killed." That's what Parks was saying.

"Are you scared?" White gave Parks a strange look. He certainly didn't think as far as people like Parks who had experienced death, and in his opinion, it should have been a very heroic thing to die for his country.

"No, White." Parks smiled slightly, "It's just some exclamation!" ”

Parks set his sights on the sea, and on the sea, a flock of petrels and seagulls were on the surface of the sea, swarming in flocks and chirping.

"Do you know the name of this ship?" Parks asked suddenly.

White was obviously stunned for a moment, but immediately reacted: "It's called the Samaritan." Is there anything wrong with this? ”

Parks smiled and said, "Samaria was originally the capital of an ancient Jewish state. And I think that's what we're on this boat for, we're going to liberate them. ”

"Hey, you're saying the ship is Jewish? Or are we going to Europe and be the savior of the Jews? White laughed, "Savior? I like that as I call it. ”

The two laughed, and gradually, the depressed mood slowly became cheerful. At this time, they saw Tibo walking towards them again, holding a jar of peaches in his hand: "Parks, this is yours, I know you like this thing!" As he tossed the can of peaches, and Parks reached out and caught it.

"I just made a bet with a guy from Company D, and he lost to me." Tibo's face was full of excitement, "And cigarettes." As he spoke, he pulled out three packs of cigarettes and gave one to Parks and White. I tore open a pack, took out one, lit the fire with a "pop", inhaled vigorously, then spit out the smoke ring, and let out a long breath.

"We're finally leaving!" Tippo put his hands on the armrests and looked at the sea, "It's just going to Europe." Honestly, Parks, I really want to go to the South Pacific. Those guys are really shit lucky! He was referring to the Marines.

"Why?" White gave him a puzzled look.

"I wanted to be assigned to a tropical island, and I sat under a palm tree with six local girls, who helped me peel coconuts, and I fed the flamingo with my hands." Tibo closed his eyes, as if in a fantasy.

"Oh, Tibo, don't dream in vain. Flamingos are fierce and can bite! Parks laughed and said, "Also, naked women can bite too!" ”

"Who hates going to Europe?" At this time, another voice came from the deck, "I like to go to Europe." ”

When the three of them turned their heads to look, it was Joe? Toy walked over.

"If I'm lucky, I can cut Hitler's throat so Roosevelt will change Thanksgiving to Joe? Toy memorialized and then paid me $10,000 a year for life. "Joe? Thoy smirked.

All three burst out laughing.

Parks shook his head and smiled, "Joe, you're completely dreaming, of course it would be different if it were me." Parks gestured with both hands and said, "Listen, for me, if I take a Springfield sniper rifle and go to Adolf?" Within a mile of Hitler, and with a clear view, when there is no wind, then pack your bags, the war is over, guys! ”

"Yay!" White laughed.

The four of them were chatting, and suddenly they heard a commotion in the cabin.

"What's wrong?" White glanced at him suspiciously, Parks had already walked in, it turned out that it was Gernelly and Lee Gotte who had an argument, and the two fought.

"Hey, hey, hey, guys, what's going on?" Parks rushed forward, and sure enough, it was Legot and Goneri, who were already twisting together, and a group of soldiers were coaxing beside them.

"Stop, GIs!" Parks pulled the two of them down, he knew the reason for the fight, "Go to your own beds, don't make trouble, guys!" Parks pointed at Goneri with one hand and pushed Lee Gotte away with the other.

"Boom!" Legot spat on the ground with blood, glared at Goneri fiercely, then turned around and flipped into his bed.

"Alright, Sergeant, I'll obey!" Goneri raised his hands, then tilted his head to look at Legot, then slowly retreated to his bed and climbed up.

"What's going on?" Parks asked the GIs around him.

"Nothing, Parks! But for Sauber. Mr. Gonorrhea said that Sauber was a Jew, so Legot was upset because he was also Jewish. He felt that classifying Sauber as a Jew was an insult to him, and that's it! Lutz next to him smiled.

"Alright, you guys are so clever to fight for Sauber!" Parks shook his head, "Okay, let's all disperse." Don't get in the way, brothers! ”

The crowd gradually dispersed. Sure enough, that's the case. Parks couldn't help but smile dumbly, everything that should have happened was still happening as promised. He suddenly felt in his heart, since he came here, will the things that follow change in the end? Will the brothers who died or were seriously injured happen as promised? Parks couldn't tell.

Parks settled his brothers and walked out, he wanted to relax! At this moment Christensen followed him, and also walked out, and then followed him up to the deck.

"Parks!" Christenborn shouted behind him.

"What's the matter?" Parks turned and looked at Christenson.

"Do you know why that happened?" Christenson looked at Parks.

Parks nodded: "I know, because of the Jewish thing. ”

"No, not exactly." Christen said, "The ultimate cause is indeed because of Sauber, not because Sauber was Jewish, and has nothing to do with that." It's just that...... It's just that the brothers don't trust Sauber. Christenson hesitated.

Parks frowned, "Is this just your idea?" ”

"No, we all talked about it just now!" "No one wants to be with him, and the brothers would rather brave the bullets than be with other officers, like Winster or Haliger. ”

"So...... What do you mean? Parks knew he couldn't handle such a thing, but it was clear that Christen wasn't here to complain or anything.

"Just now the brothers asked me to come out and talk to you. How should we deal with this kind of thing, if it really comes to the day of the battlefield, the brothers are not willing to let everyone hate the battlefield because of Sauber. I'm sure you don't want that to happen either! Christen said.

Parks was stunned, he didn't expect the brothers' resentment towards Sauber to be so deep, he was silent for a while and said, "Okay, I want to think about it, tell the brothers, don't worry about Sauber's affairs." ”

Christenson nodded, then looked at Parks seriously and said, "We believe in you, Parks!" ”

Parks looked at his back in a daze, and he didn't know the bottom in his heart, he couldn't change anything, although he was a sergeant major, but the brothers had opinions, and they could only talk to themselves!

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