THE COWARDLY LION, Book II, Chapter LVIII

THE COWARDLY LION, Book II, Chapter LVIII

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Richard and I didn’t speak again. When the staff car piloted by him arrived in the compound parking lot, only a few feet from the outer wall doors, the Staff Sergeant was appropriately waiting. He opened both the back door to the car before I could let myself out, and...
THE COWARDLY LION, Book Two, Chapter LVI

THE COWARDLY LION, Book Two, Chapter LVI

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I couldn’t sleep, but that was nothing new since the Nam. The doctors at the VA said that nobody could stay awake for days and nights on end but my time in the valley and then the nights and days after coming home had disproven that, not that my word about such things...
THE COWARDLY LION, Book Two, Chapter LV

THE COWARDLY LION, Book Two, Chapter LV

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Earlier in the day the weather had been so very Southern California that I hadn’t noticed it, as I ran around arranging everything I would need for the mission. However, when I was ‘installing’ the Bronco, once again, in between the giant beach cleaning machines at...