Heroes Don't Run by Harry Mazer

Author:Harry Mazer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2005-09-09T04:00:00+00:00

Part Two

Okinawa, Spring

1945

Dear Mom,

I’m just sitting here on the deck of the LST (landing ship for troops, to you civilians!) enjoying the view. All we have to do is keep our weapons clean and dry and exercise. How are you and Bea doing? Did you get over being mad at Grandpa? I sure hope so. Tell Bea that when I get home, we’ll go together to visit him on the farm.

Well, Mom, I sure miss your cooking. Maybe you could send some of that chocolate cake we had. Ben and I still talk about it.

Tell Bea this morning I saw a school of dolphins, and I’ve seen flying fish, and the gulls are always around us looking for handouts, and one of the guys said he saw a whale. The best thing was a pure white albatross that stayed with us for a while. You should have seen it! Its wings were six feet, and it sort of hung in the air, hardly moving. Ben says that they make the longest migration of any bird, from almost the North Pole to the South Pole. Tell Bea she can take that to her teacher and wow her. And, Mom, the sailors say the albatross is good luck, so I know you’ll like hearing that.

Well, this is a pretty long letter. I better sign off because I’m running out of space.

Love from your son,

Adam

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