Phone Call To Bobbie

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watch must report to the forward watch every fifteen minutes leaving me plenty of opportunities to come and go and I only needed two. My bed was near the rear of the barracks so I was in luck. I would also have to dress dark to blend into the surroundings. I took my dark blue sweats and a black ski mask and hid them under my blankets.
“Mail call,” yelled the mail officer! That was the call for the division to line up in front of there bunks at attention. At 9:50 p.m. every night I would pray for letters from Bobbie and my friends back home. I did not realized how important my friends where and how much I loved Bobbie until I had left them. It was such a great feeling getting letters and a such terrible feeling not getting any. This night my name was not called. This may be what pushed me over the edge. I could not believe that on Christmas I would have such a horrible day I am not sure if I would have gone through with my plan had I received one or two letters but I ...

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believe it. I had planned and thought of everything, well almost everything. I was like the stripe on a skunks back only black. I took off my ski mask and decided to just walk there and try not to look suspicious. The street was quiet and empty.

It was a long walk. The streets where covered with snow and the side walks where caked with about two inches of solid ice. My breath was easily seen. It must have been five or ten degrees below. It took me about five minutes to get to the Navy exchange. I walked up to the front door and walked in. The phone room was actually three large rooms with about one hundred telephone booths. I looked for the phone guard but he was no where ...

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