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The Major picked up the field telephone on his...

The Major picked up the field telephone on his desk and cranked it twice"Give me Potential Red Easy," he grunted at the operator He asked for the Commanding Officer of E Company"Listen, Windmill, this is Lanyard," he saidHe was using the code names "What do you want, Lanyard?" "I got a patrol report this morning from youNumber 318, you know the one I mean?" "Yes "Is the goddam thing true? And let's have it, WindmillIf one of your boys made it up and you cover for him, I'll have your ass over a barrelI checked on it myself, I talked to the squad leaderHe swears he didn't goof-off "All right, I'm going to proceed on the --" the Major looked for the word he had heard so often dolce gabbana handbags -- "on the assumption that it's okayAnd Heaven help ya if it isn't The Major mopped his face againWhy did the General have to be away on this of all days? He had a subdued resentment that Cummings had not foreseen itHe should get something in motion right away but he was confusedInstead, he decided to go to the latrine Sitting on the boards, feeling the sun bake sentiently on his exposed belly, the Major tried to thinkBut other things distracted himThe latrine stench was extremely powerful on this hot morning and he noticed it, made a decision to have a detail dig a new officers' latrine that afternoonHis red face sweated profusely in the open sunThis time they would have a canopy fake louis vuitton bag built over itHe stared morosely at the bamboo enclosure Well, what the hell could he do but send a platoon up to occupy that empty bivouac? If they were able to do it without difficulty, he would start worrying then about what to do nextA fragile breeze stirred against his face and he thought with longing of the beach and the pleasantly chill ocean water, the palm trees silhouetted against the shoreSomewhere in the jungle miles away from him something was happening to the JapaneseMaybe their G-3 was sitting on the can now too But something was wrong with themThe Jap corpses lately looked skinnierAll these islands were supposed to be blockaded, not getting any supplies, but of course cartier women's watches you could never depend on the Navy to tell the truth on thatWhy did he have to make these decisions? He lost track of the minutes listening to the rapt absorptive buzzing of the flies under the latrine boardsOne or two whipped against his naked flanks and he grunted with displeasureThey damn sure needed a new latrine He lifted himself, did a makeshift job with the sodden paper which had become drenched in the night's rainThere ought to be some better way of making a cover for it than to use a NoThe Major tried to think of some other way to keep the paper dryWhat a lazy day it was He got up and stopped off at officers' mess to get a can of iced beer"How're you doin', Major?" one of the chanel j10 watch fake cooks askedSomething was bothering him"Oh, yeah, listen, O'Brien, I been gettin' the GIs againYou keeping your pots clean?" "You ought to know, Major He grunted again, looked about under the tent at the empty wooden tables, the benches flanking themThe gray metal officers' dishes were already laid out"You oughtn't to make the setting too early," the Major said"It just lets the flies horse around on them "Okay, do something about it He waited until O'Brien started collecting the plates, and then walked across the bivouac to the operations tentHe saw a few enlisted men lying in their pup tents, and it irritated himHe was wondering which platoon they were in when he remembered the rolex watches knock offs re

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