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 Taken from Easy Month by Marc Levy:
"Take five," says the lieutenant.
I clear a spot, sit on my pack, slug a half canteen of water.
"Hey, Doc," says Larry Roy, "I don't feel too good." He dips his head, with his forearm, wipes his brow.
In another world, Larry Roy played golf. Here, at seventeen, he walks point. Everyone likes him. He smiles a lot. Maybe too much. But for Christ sake, not now, Larry Roy. Not now.
"What is it?" I ask in my best medic voice. "What's the matter?"
His throat hurts, his stomach aches. He coughs and sneezes.
"Headache too. Doc, I feel bad all over."
I take his temp. A hundred and three. Kneeling, I open my canvas aid, bottle after bottle, shake out pills, hand him two Tetracycline, two Penicillin, two Compazine, two Pro-Banthine, two Darvon, two aspirin, two Dimetapp, two Sudafed, two Benadryl, two anti-anything I got.
"That ought to work," I say, zipping the canvas bag shut.... Read More
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- Notes From the Boonies by Paul Wisovaty
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- Last Visit To Boonton High School by Ken Dalton
- Help Active Duty GIs with Medical and Mental Health by Stanley Campbell
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- 1968 (poem) by Larry Kerschner
- Defense and the National Debt by John Ketwig
- Better Policy Starts with the Veteran's Voice by Brett W. Copeland
- Philly Area Combat Vets Have Lost a Great Ally and Mentor by Bill Perry
- Answering a Question (poem) by Larry Kerschner
- Photos from the Archives, Part 1 (photos) by VVAW
- How King's Words "Lived" In Chicago, 1968 by Dave Dellinger
- VVAW in Chicago, 1968 by Andrew Hunt
- Oleo Strut by Paul Donahue
- Each and Every Day, A Soldier's Lament (poem) by David Sandgrund
- Back in the Day by Dennis Randall
- 1968 Tet Offensive by Steven Curtis
- My Memories of Tet by Michael Peterson
- In the Chaos of Tet by Harry Wagner
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- An Unforgettable Encounter in the Central Highlands: A USO Girl Remembers by Suzanne Cogan
- Been There Done That (poem) by Peter Mahoney
- We Did What We Could (poem) by rg cantalupo
- Wounds of War by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- A Shadow On Our Hearts by Daniel C. Lavery (reviewer)
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- Kuam Yin Weeps (poem) by David Sandgrund
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- Peace Warriors by Joe Petzel
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- Oxy, The Wise Bomb (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
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