Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 May 1951 — Page 8

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cerned the whole war tableau

' i s that everything he did was fun, you noted about him was h < ryth ng I did 8 fun was for his private entertainment

no matter how trivial. Can't say I knew him although, like everyone else, I applaud the show with enthusi-

was aware of him. Sometimes you resented him. That's when you were tired. He was never tired—never did much applaud. That was when he saw|

and he would be remiss not ‘to

astic appreciation.. Only, occasionally, he didn’t

to tire Kim, come to think of the dead and wounded. But only it—and that was what we temporarily. To “the kid” it was ’"? 2 never real. He probably satisfied envied most. ‘himself they'd get. up. 'and walk He couldn't be called good’lo0k- away when the play ended. { ing. He was simply alive. His| 1¢ would be nice to report that aliveness was what made it im- «pe kid” wads deeply religious. possible “not to But it wouldn't be true. Rotjee TT The truth is that ho soldier was Everyone ever so completely useless. Or so called him “the completely protected. Everyone kid" He was 18 took it for granted he couldn't or thereabou's,|{g; . possibly take care of himself. although he \+ a He was never sent on patrol belooked younger. NS cause he'd gum it up. He was He came from never even sent as a courier. All the Midwest and these things I think “the kid” had the fresh- knew instinctively and appreciness of the coun- ated. ‘ try about him. You've guessed, of course, what He was married, Jim Lucas finally happened. so they said, ; A sniper got him where no but it didn’t seem possible. sniper should have been because The story was that he'd eloped no one in his right mind ever with a high school girl four days sent “the kid” where a sniper

before he entered the Army. could possibly be. He was just A Lousy Soldier strolling around on a casual day when nothing was expected to

He was said to be an only child and you could believe that. Obviously he had been pampered but in such a sensible way it

really didn't matter. Everyone th : liked him although today it| They say he was still smiling

wouldn't be true to say anyone When they found him. But it was his close friend. He séemed seemed almost as if he had been to find everything he needed hall way in the act of wiping it within himself. off. As if he suddenly realized ; ’ x " there was something sinister to be oulc ake ¢ uc ette . Wid vig ee A reckoned with, something about soldier. He wasn't. He was a Which he'd known nothing and [lousy soldier and he really didn't should have known all the time. |care. If they hadn't drafted him, And that, I am convinced, was 'he wouldn't be in the Army. ithe first time “the kid” ever knew this’ war was awfully real. | Can't say when the colonel first {noticed him. When “the kid” ar-| {rived fresh from the States he | {was sent to a rifle company. But! |after a few days the colonel : brought him back to regiment headquarters where he was aafer. { And everyone agreed it was only

happen. Still Smiling “The kid" died on the spot. And ev never got the sniper.

enjoying life.. The funny thing, in | retrospect, was that no one objected, You could say he was the kind of fellow everyone feels an ob-| _ ligation to. He recognized the fact

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