“No heroes in that scrap-book, Francis. Only us, the boys of Frenchtown. Scared and homesick and cramps in the stomach and vomit. Nothing glamorous like the write-ups in the papers or the newsreels. We weren’t heroes. We were only there…”
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Card 27
Front
“When I study myself in the mirror, I don’t see me any more but a stranger slowly taking shape.”
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Card 28
Front
“The truth is that I don’t care whether I heal or not. Because I know that it doesn’t matter.”
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Card 29
Front
‘a small boy ... peeking at me again with one big eye ,before bursting in to tears.
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Card 30
Front
“I knew what he meant by disposal because I had planned my own method after my mission was completed.”
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Card 31
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“Lt. Lawrence LaSalle… holder of the Silver Star for acts of heroism… was coming home on furlough.”
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Card 32
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“Fred Astaire still in his walk but something different about him. His slenderness was knife-like now, lethal.”
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Card 33
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“Larry was our hero, yes, but he had been a hero to us long before he went to war.”
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Card 34
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“His eyes moved to Nicole and I saw the rush of affection on his face.”
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Card 35
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'I’m glad to be home, even if it’s only for a little while. And most of all I want to be with the Wreck Centre gang.’
