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without it.

When they graduated, John was happy at

the thought of being free of the insults and
derision. But then World War II came, and

both David and John were drafted into the

army, and to John’s dismay, they ended up in
the same platoon. Through basic training, John

tried to avoid David as much as possible, but he

was still forced to endure a lot of harassment
from him and his friends.

As time went on, David became more and
more popular. His family sent him many gifts

from home, and David shared them throughout

the platoon, but never with John. John, on the
other hand, received nothing more than the

occasional letter from home.

Eventually, they were deployed to Europe.
Their company saw a lot of action and most

thoughts turned to surviving. Then came the
Battle of the Bulge, and the fighting intensified.

Under a fierce bombardment, they were forced

to fall back, and as they did, a shell struck
killing some of David’s squad and wounding

him. The rest raced for cover, and David was

left, wounded and dying, on the battlefield.

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