Three Soldiers by John Dos Passos
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"Get up, you." The white beam of a pocket searchlight was glaring in the face of the man next to him. "The O. D." said Fuselli to himself. "Get up, you," came the sharp voice again. The man in the next cot stirred and opened his eyes. "Get up." "Here, sir," muttered the man in the next cot, his eyes blinking sleepily in the glare of the flashlight. He got out of bed and stood unsteadily at attention. "Don't you know better than to sleep in your O. D. shirt? Take it off." "Yes, sir." "What's your name?" The man looked up, blinking, too dazed to speak. "Don't know your own name, eh?" said the officer, glaring at the man savagely, using his curt voice like a whip.--"Quick, take off yer shirt and pants and get back to bed." |
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