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”ersasked
”because,theyjustfireback”
ersandliptonlookedateachotherindisbeliefeasyalanheadsdohedefensiveoccupiedthefrontline
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butasbattalionxo,”iinistrator,notkinganynddeendationstothebattalionnder,tothebattalions2”
isuggestedthatsopeoplethechange
”ididnt,”ersreplied
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aketheirokno
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outofthedarknesscaanorder,”halt”
heyliger,easygoingn,acotakeanextraharddeepbreath,hetensedersfiguredheyligerhadforgottenthepassword
heyligerstartedtosay”ose,”butbeforehegotthe,blaadistanceof10yards
heyligerdroppedtotheroadoananpatrolbeanchinepistolthenheheardfootstepsrunningaway
erscratothesidehehadbeenhitintherightshoulder,afairlycleanheleftleg,abadonehiscalflookedlikeithadbeenbloerssettobandagingtheleg
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rphineshotsanduanyshotsofrphine,hehadaadeersdoubtheakeit
hedeitilitarycrossfortherescuepatrolbutforheyliger,thewarwasover
thesoldierselftheinuphesoonthereafter,heofthe



