Troy High School - Trojan Yearbook (Troy, NH)

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45 Twentieth Century Hero , Theresa LaPorte '46 The only sounds that broke the stillness of the night were the whispers of the tense nervous men, soldiers of Uncle Sam's Army waiting to carry out the commands at the exact time. hFive more minutes,H came the voice of the com anding officer. Thoughts crowded into the minds of the men. what re- sistance would they meet? would they ever see the United States again? How they yearned for a hug from Mom or a piece of her delicious pie. Pvt. Pat Fenway was among these men. Slowly his H thoughts returned to homey a cozy house situated in a small town in Rhode Island. In the window hung a star like those in the other windows along Pine Street. Where once the shouts of young- sters had been heard, all was quiet now except for the neighbors' gossip carried on in the back yards. Pat had been drafted at the age of eighteen by his Uncle, like so many other men. The first years of army life had been tough at times, but still the few furloughs he had had made for everything. Pat could picture Mom Fenway hum ing away while she did her housework, a smooth dust cap covering her silver-streaked black hair. How she would jump when Pat would sneak up behind her and give her a boyish hug. Land of gracious! You want to kill a poor soul. would be the first words from her lips. Suppose you're home for a few days. Might just as well sit down and eat the last apple pie in the house. You always do.n A smile played on Pat's face as he thought of this and smacked his lips as he tasted the pie. V Three more minutes, came the commanding voice again. A rustle of uneasiness sounded through the barge. Pat's thoughts again went to the past. He had been in the First Infantry Division for eighteen months as a Browning automatic rifleman and had gone through part of the Tunisian and all of the Sicilian Campaign. The Sicilian Campaign had been A the worst. Pat, by good fortune, escaped without a scratch, but the horrors of war came to him just the same. His best pal, , Roger Layman, had been killed by his side. Sick with grief, Pat had fought on, determined with more force than ever to repay Them. Staring ahead in the inky blackness, the coast of France appiarid like a land of horror and a residence for ghosts, ghosts o or ure. Quickly the men checked their weapons and got ready to jump on the soil of France at the given command. Almost time men for H-hour. Just one more min ------ . A terrific explosion interrupted the officer's words. All went black before Pat's eyes. The cold icy water seemed to awake him from the trance. He could see other fellows from the barge all around him, some going under the water but failing to appear again, others trying to cling to the remains of the barge. Pat tried to swim but every stroke caused a pain that brought drops of perspiration to his face. The concussion had 1

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, 44 given him a compressed fracture of the back. Fear crept into X his mind. what could he do? At last lying on his back, Pat found himself floating towards shore. The sound of bombs and gunfire, mixed with the sound of planes rumbled in his ears. flowly, and after what seemed a lifetime, he felt the sand of the beach beneath his foot as it sank under the water. Pat had reached shore at last. There digging himself a slit trench, and making himself as comfortable as possible, he watched the dawn slowly ascend over the war- torn land. Planes zoomed overhead and the vibration woke Pat. with pain and difficulty he raised his head and saw scenes of war similar and as ghostly as in the other great battles in which he fou ht. 8 Close to him a voice from a sandy-haired kid of nineteen kept repeating, Hwater! watertn Pat crawled with difficulty over to the boy, and pressing his canteen against the boy's parched lips, slowlv emptied the last remaining portion of his water. NBe quiet, kid. They'll be coming soon. They won't let us down, I'm sure of that.n ' with this consolation and with his thirst quenched, the boy closed his eyes and fell asleep. Looking down, Pat saw both of the boy's legs spattered with blood and the flesh torn. UHe'11 never walk aga1n,U thought Pat as he made his way slowly to his trench, where until night-fall, with the sounds of war behind him, Pat prayed as he never had prayed before. Pain kept tormenting his body. He rolled from side to side, his clothes damp with sweat. y At last voices came to his ears. Closer and closer. HGermans or Americans? They've got to be our men,n Pat kept saying over and over. Raising his head he recognized the insignia of the U. S. Medical Corps. ' 4 Relief swept over him and soon Pvt. Fenway felt himself being 1ifted.carefully. Opening his eyes to give thanks to NHimH in heaven, Pat saw the North Star, the same one he had so many years ago seen from his bedroom window, and repeating slowly in his thoughts the old familiar rhyme: Star light, star bright First star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might Have the wish I wish tonight. Q uGee1H he thought, UI wish I might soon have a piece of Mom's apple pie.H And the star way up there seemed to wink and say, uYou will very soon, Pvt. Fenway.n X L