Private First Class Elmo C. Hacketts, Jr., is a member of the Army. When Halyard takes the Shah to visit the Army, Hacketts and his fellow soldiers show him an example of a military parade. All the while, Hacketts daydreams about the day his service finally comes to an end.
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Chapter 7
...as the Division Commander barks out commands. While this is happening, one of the soldiers, Private First Class Elmo C. Hacketts, Jr. , thinks about the day—many years away—when he’ll finally be released from the Army, at...
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