Perhaps the circumstance of being in a foreign land with an uncertain future, helped us weld ourselves to people whom we just met at random.Since we suffered the identical demands of the moment--the heat, the military discipline the food --that was really adequate- but insufferably the same day in and day out, unted us in a way that fostered friendships that lasted long after the war was over.
One was Al Dold, a Boston German-Irishman who carried the Boston Accent along with a perpetual smile that said " hey don't worry this thing will come out all right.
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