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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: A Soldier's Home Is Battle - -Author: Lowell Stone - -Release Date: September 12, 2021 [eBook #66282] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A SOLDIER'S HOME IS BATTLE *** - - - - - Jerry watched from his gun post as the city - vanished in a cloud of atomic smoke. His thoughts - were of his wife and son, but duty demanded that-- - - A Soldier's Home Is Battle - - By Lowell Stone - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy - March 1954 - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -By the time the radar signal caught their eye it was too late to do -anything. Planes traveling faster than sound were already inside the -defense zone of the city. - -Private First Class Jerry Conlon glanced from the radar screen to -the other five members of his Atomic Gun Post team on the outer -perimeter of the city. The look in their eyes was one of dazed alarm. -Automatically he joined them in zipping shut radiation suits, and then -they went for the gun controls, knowing it was too late. - -A flash of intolerable brightness faded out the sun. One of the -boys--Conlon saw him still struggling with his radiation suit--didn't -make it in time. He paid for his slowness with his life. - -In that instant of death before his eyes, Jerry thought of his wife -and baby son. It was all he had time for. Just the image in his mind. -An image of fear, because he wondered about them--were they dying even -now? - -With the great flash Jerry dropped into the prone position that he'd -been taught. He was protected because the Gun Post had been holed into -the ground and re-enforced with steel-mesh concrete all around. If you -see the flash, it's too late, he'd been told. Well, he'd seen the flash -all right. When he dropped to the concrete base, the floor rose to meet -him halfway. A few seconds later, the suction raised him off the floor -and set him down next to the big gun. - -Jerry crawled back to the protection of the bulwark. He had a hazy -glimpse of movement around him, but he couldn't see well enough out of -his blinded eyes to make out what the others were doing. Things were -beginning to rain down out of the sky now, and it continued to rain for -what seemed to Jerry like five or ten minutes. It was fantastic how -high some of the debris must have been blasted into the air, and he -was afraid to move for a long time lest a rock or bit of metal should -suddenly streak down. - -It was mostly just the smaller pieces that got as far as the Post. The -biggest chunks had either been completely disintegrated or splattered -along the ground in all directions from the target area. It had been -a direct hit. It only took one blast, but that didn't mean it was the -only one in the country. When the attack came, every big city had -probably been marked for destruction. - -Every big city! The thought struck him with sickening force. His wife -and little boy--Mildred and Billy! How about them? Had the blasts gone -inland? - -"Conlon, are you all right?" - -The sound of the voice stabbed at Jerry. He studied the wavering dark -form in front of his eyes, and recognition of the voice came slowly. -The white blob of the face must belong to Lieutenant Blake. Ordinarily -Jerry would have snapped to attention and saluted, but at the moment -the formality seemed ridiculous. - -"I guess I'm all right, sir." - -"Good!" That was all Blake said as he passed from Jerry's view. - - * * * * * - -In Jerry's earphones it sounded like a strong wind was blowing. It -could be the roar of a fleet of rocket planes. Was this the follow-up -attack? Why wasn't the order given to man the gun? He groped forward -and sprawled over a pile of debris. Where was everybody? Where was -Blake? He called out. - -"Take it easy, Conlon," a voice said beside him. - -"Who--who is it?" Jerry asked, trying to determine the source of the -voice. - -"It's me--Adam Peterman. You'll be all right after awhile. What'd you -do--look into the flash?" - -"I saw the flash. Good God! Am I going blind?" - -"I once looked at a test blast with a radiation suit on. They still -haven't perfected these lenses to shut out all the glare. You'll be -like that for a couple of hours." - -"How many of the boys did the blast get?" - -Here he was, Jerry thought, asking about the six men in the gun crew -when there must have been thousands--maybe millions--dead in the city, -or what must be left of it. - -"There's just three of us alive so far," Peterman said. "The -Lieutenant found Kroger, but he'd been crushed. The rest are either -buried or blown away." - -"How about you? I still can't see where you are," Jerry said. "Are you -hurt?" - -"My legs got messed up. I'm sitting on the ground. That's why you can't -see me." - -"What about the city? What's left of it?" - -"From where I'm sitting I should be able to see the tops of some of the -taller buildings over the concrete, but there's nothing there. I hate -to think about it." - -"If there is anything left, the rocket planes will bring 'em down." - -"What rocket planes?" - -"Can't you hear 'em? That roar in the air. It almost drowns out the -geiger meter on my suit." - -"Naw, Conlon, that isn't what you think! You're still hearing the sound -of the blast." - -"After this long?" - -"It doesn't die out for a long time." - -Jerry thought about Mildred and Billy. It was this bad even in a -radiation suit with special lenses to protect the eyes; special braces -to minimize the shock wave effects; special material perfected during -the latter part of the century to deflect ultra-radiation. How would -Mildred and Billy fare back home where they were unprotected? They -might even be dead. But no! They couldn't be! They were all he had -left in life. They just had to be alive! - -The shadowy blob which was Lieutenant Blake, moved into Jerry's line -of vision. Blake's form seemed to be getting smaller now; the haziness -around the edges seemed to be dwindling. - -"How are you Peterman?" Blake asked the man with the wounded legs. - -"I'll make it all right, Lieutenant. I might even be able to sight the -gun if you lift me into the seat." - -"Good man, Peterman!" Blake turned to Jerry, "Well, Conlon, it looks -like you and I are the only ones on our feet. That means we've got work -to do." - -"My eyes are bad, but I think they're clearing up now," Jerry said. - -"Things are pretty rough," Blake said. "From what I've been able to -determine, the whole nation's been blasted." - -"Lieutenant--no!" Jerry cried. He moved forward toward the Lieutenant -and clutched Blake by the shoulders. "I've got a wife and kid back -home!" - -"We all have relatives back home, Conlon. You're no different than -anybody else. And it's just as bad for us as it is for you. You've got -to get a grip on yourself. There's nothing you can do for them one way -or the other." - -"The hell there isn't! I'm going back to 'em!" - -The Lieutenant's covered hand whipped out and slapped the front of -Jerry's helmet below the vision lens. Jerry went backwards and dropped -to the concrete floor. - -"Sorry, Conlon," Blake clipped. "I didn't do that in anger. I merely -wanted to snap you back to your senses! You're still in the Army, and -I'm still your commanding officer. As far as the Army is concerned, -none of us have any relatives." - -Jerry got to his feet. There was no question that the Lieutenant was -right. The Army was the big boss, and soldiers were not supposed to -have personal feelings. There were several million soldiers protecting -many millions of people and the only way that Mildred and Billy could -be protected was through the combined and strategic effort of these -soldiers. There were soldiers in the interior risking their lives to -protect people like Mildred and Billy--soldiers with relatives in the -city that Jerry was supposed to protect. It would be a sorry plight if, -at the first sign of trouble, all the men would run home to their own -little families. - -It all seemed like a crazy nightmare to Jerry. No matter how big the -catastrophe, human beings still worried about the little problems -along with the big. It was a strange feeling to look over the top of -the bulwark and see nothing but the dirty gray sky where the forms of -big buildings should be. The shock was less horrible to him because -by the time his sight returned, he was accepting the awful scene of -destruction as an unchangeable fact. - - * * * * * - -It was several hours later before a small contingent of radiation -clothed soldiers arrived in several jeeps. A Colonel of the Army -stepped out. Blake and Conlon stood at attention as the officers -introduced themselves. The Colonel's name was Harrison. - -"I'm trying to find out what we have to work with. Not much, I'm -afraid," the Colonel said. "The Government's gone. Communication is -disrupted." - -"Did you say there was no more government, Colonel?" Jerry asked. - -The Colonel nodded. "That's what I said." - -"Then there's no hope--nothing left to fight for any more?" - -"Nothing to fight for?" the Colonel snorted. "Soldier, as long as we -have our hills and valleys we'll have something to fight for!" - -Lieutenant Blake said, "Private Conlon, no more of that defeatist talk! -Please excuse him, Colonel." - -"That's all right," the Colonel shrugged. "It's been a shock to all of -us. Now, tell me, how are you fixed?" - -"Two able, counting myself. One bad casualty. One dead. Three missing," -Blake said. - -"You'll have one man replacement." - -"But, Colonel, that isn't enough to man the gun!" - -"Apparently you don't realize what's happened to the country, -Lieutenant! We're not attempting to hold back the enemy. When they come -they're going to flow right over us as though we aren't here." - -"Then what's the point of--" - -"The point is this. We have not received an order to surrender. We -probably never will." - -Blake said, "We'll do the best we can, Colonel." - -The Colonel gave an order and one man crawled out of a jeep and strode -toward them. The soldier saluted. - -"He is your replacement, Lieutenant," the Colonel said. Then he shook -hands with Blake. "Goodbye, and good luck!" - -The jeeps growled into life. It was strange hearing them, Jerry -thought. Usually there was the hum of the city in the background, a -sort of whispering that made you realize a throbbing community was -nearby. Now it was only the silence broken by the raucous sound of jeep -motors. Eventually even this sound disappeared. - -"All right, men, start clearing up this mess," Blake snapped. "The -gun has to have free traverse. After that, stay at your posts. It's -going to be tough to handle this assignment short-handed, and when the -secondary attack comes it's going to roll in like a tidal wave." - -The replacement was hardly more than a kid. Jerry thought he looked -as though he could be pushed over with a heavy breath. Not much of a -replacement, but he pitched into work earnestly. - -Jerry edged close to Peterman as he worked. The wounded man sat propped -against a pile with his legs stretched out uselessly in front. - -"They didn't even offer to give you medical aid, Peterman," Jerry said. - -"I didn't expect it at a time like this," Peterman said. "The men that -are left have their hands full." - -"For what? You heard what the Colonel said, the Government is -gone--possibly the whole country! What we're doing isn't even a -delaying action. We're hardly going to harass the Enemy! What's the -good of hanging on? Why doesn't the Army turn us loose? I've got to -find out how my wife and kid are doing! Staying here only means one -thing--one foolish, stupid thing!" - -"You've got a point, Conlon," Peterman said through his pain. "I've got -a family too. I'd be tempted to take off myself, if I had legs." - -"Duty! Allegiance! What does it all mean now?" Jerry said bitterly. - -"Not much I suppose, when they pull the curtain in front of you." - - * * * * * - -Jerry was breathing hard inside his radiation suit. "Peterman, I've got -a notion to make a break!" - -"That decision you've got to make yourself, Conlon. Only remember, that -leaving your post gives the Lieutenant the right to shoot you in the -back!" - -"I'll take that chance. I've got to see Mildred and Billy. You think -you'd do the same thing, Peterman, if you had legs? Would you?" - -"I might. I don't know. I'm in no position to give it much thought." - -"But don't you think this is stupid to wait for certain death when -there's no hope--when I've got the chance to see the ones I love, maybe -for the last time?" - -"It's stupid all right I guess." - -"You've got loved ones, haven't you, Peterman? You know how much it -means?" Peterman clammed and refused to talk. - -Jerry went to the storage which was built into the side of the -concrete wall, opened the door, and brought out his rifle. He examined -the automatic weapon and found it undamaged. He looked around. -Lieutenant Blake was out of sight inside the dugout where he was still -trying to pick up messages. The replacement was mechanically heaving -debris away from the traverse frame of the big gun. - -"Conlon." It was Peterman calling. - -"What do you want?" - -"There's only one thing I'd like you to do before you leave. You and -the replacement lift me to the gunner's seat, will you? I have a bad -dose of radiation on top of everything else. I don't know how long I -can hold out, but I might as well be doing some good for the time I -have left." - -Jerry put the rifle down, called to the replacement. Together they -hoisted Peterman into the seat. Lieutenant Blake came out just as they -finished the job. - -"That's what he wanted, sir," Jerry said. "You're so short-handed we -didn't think you'd object." - -Blake said, "Peterman, you should be keeping yourself quiet." - -Peterman failed to answer for a long moment. Finally he said, "Damn the -Enemy! Why don't they hurry up and get it over with?" - -Jerry walked over to where he had stacked his automatic rifle. He swung -it under his arm and turned to face the Lieutenant. - -"I'm leaving, sir. Don't try to stop me! What we're doing here is plain -stupid. I've got a wife and kid that I've got to see before I die! I'm -leaving, and I'll shoot to kill if anybody tries to stop me! Got that, -Lieutenant?" - -"I'm not going to stop you, Conlon," Blake said quietly. - -"I hope the rest of you can manage the gun while I'm gone!" Jerry cried. - -"We'll manage all right until you get back." - -A faint far-away roar sounded in Jerry's earphones. The sound became -rapidly louder. "No sense in me coming back, Lieutenant, because from -the sound of things, you won't be around much longer." - -Jerry backed toward the concrete steps that would take him to ground -level. He climbed up, kicking away litter so that he would have places -for his feet. He kept the rifle pointed at the motionless, watching -men. The roar became louder. - -Lieutenant Blake called up to him. "You're from the inland area, aren't -you, Conlon? I think the chances for your family were pretty good. -Emergency stations are starting to come through from the interior. The -guided missiles had a lot of near-misses." - -Out of the corners of Jerry's eyes he detected a strange looking dark -cloud appearing along the horizon. From the west, not the east! That -was odd. The dark cloud spread across the horizon, coming closer. -Rocket planes! Hundreds of them! - -Jerry was at ground level now. Up here there would be no protection. A -blast and shock wave could sweep across the flat ground unhindered. The -roar became deafening. Now he could recognize the ships. They were Army -Comets! - -He wanted to leap with joy. His spine tingled with excitement. The -cloud was roaring overhead now. The Comets flashed onward, bent on a -purpose, a death-dealing, earth-shaking purpose! That's the way the -Enemy had wanted it. The Enemy had chosen its weapon, and the Army was -on its way to blow the Enemy so sky-high that its own attack on Jerry's -homeland would seem insignificant by comparison. - -Jerry tossed his rifle over the edge of the bulwark. The thunder -overhead snuffed out the clatter of the rifle when it struck the -concrete below. Jerry went down the steps holding his hands over -his head. It was a full minute before he stumbled back to where he -had started. "I changed my mind about leaving, Lieutenant!" Jerry -shouted. He might as well have been trying to shout above the roar of a -hurricane. - -The Lieutenant waved Jerry's arms down, and Jerry was close enough to -detect a smile inside the Lieutenant's helmet. 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His thoughts<br /> -were of his wife and son, but duty demanded that—</p> - -<h1>A Soldier's Home Is Battle</h1> - -<h2>By Lowell Stone</h2> - -<p>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br /> -Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy<br /> -March 1954<br /> -Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that<br /> -the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]</p> - -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>By the time the radar signal caught their eye it was too late to do -anything. Planes traveling faster than sound were already inside the -defense zone of the city.</p> - -<p>Private First Class Jerry Conlon glanced from the radar screen to -the other five members of his Atomic Gun Post team on the outer -perimeter of the city. The look in their eyes was one of dazed alarm. -Automatically he joined them in zipping shut radiation suits, and then -they went for the gun controls, knowing it was too late.</p> - -<p>A flash of intolerable brightness faded out the sun. One of the -boys—Conlon saw him still struggling with his radiation suit—didn't -make it in time. He paid for his slowness with his life.</p> - -<p>In that instant of death before his eyes, Jerry thought of his wife -and baby son. It was all he had time for. Just the image in his mind. -An image of fear, because he wondered about them—were they dying even -now?</p> - -<p>With the great flash Jerry dropped into the prone position that he'd -been taught. He was protected because the Gun Post had been holed into -the ground and re-enforced with steel-mesh concrete all around. If you -see the flash, it's too late, he'd been told. Well, he'd seen the flash -all right. When he dropped to the concrete base, the floor rose to meet -him halfway. A few seconds later, the suction raised him off the floor -and set him down next to the big gun.</p> - -<p>Jerry crawled back to the protection of the bulwark. He had a hazy -glimpse of movement around him, but he couldn't see well enough out of -his blinded eyes to make out what the others were doing. Things were -beginning to rain down out of the sky now, and it continued to rain for -what seemed to Jerry like five or ten minutes. It was fantastic how -high some of the debris must have been blasted into the air, and he -was afraid to move for a long time lest a rock or bit of metal should -suddenly streak down.</p> - -<p>It was mostly just the smaller pieces that got as far as the Post. The -biggest chunks had either been completely disintegrated or splattered -along the ground in all directions from the target area. It had been -a direct hit. It only took one blast, but that didn't mean it was the -only one in the country. When the attack came, every big city had -probably been marked for destruction.</p> - -<p>Every big city! The thought struck him with sickening force. His wife -and little boy—Mildred and Billy! How about them? Had the blasts gone -inland?</p> - -<p>"Conlon, are you all right?"</p> - -<p>The sound of the voice stabbed at Jerry. He studied the wavering dark -form in front of his eyes, and recognition of the voice came slowly. -The white blob of the face must belong to Lieutenant Blake. Ordinarily -Jerry would have snapped to attention and saluted, but at the moment -the formality seemed ridiculous.</p> - -<p>"I guess I'm all right, sir."</p> - -<p>"Good!" That was all Blake said as he passed from Jerry's view.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>In Jerry's earphones it sounded like a strong wind was blowing. It -could be the roar of a fleet of rocket planes. Was this the follow-up -attack? Why wasn't the order given to man the gun? He groped forward -and sprawled over a pile of debris. Where was everybody? Where was -Blake? He called out.</p> - -<p>"Take it easy, Conlon," a voice said beside him.</p> - -<p>"Who—who is it?" Jerry asked, trying to determine the source of the -voice.</p> - -<p>"It's me—Adam Peterman. You'll be all right after awhile. What'd you -do—look into the flash?"</p> - -<p>"I saw the flash. Good God! Am I going blind?"</p> - -<p>"I once looked at a test blast with a radiation suit on. They still -haven't perfected these lenses to shut out all the glare. You'll be -like that for a couple of hours."</p> - -<p>"How many of the boys did the blast get?"</p> - -<p>Here he was, Jerry thought, asking about the six men in the gun crew -when there must have been thousands—maybe millions—dead in the city, -or what must be left of it.</p> - -<p>"There's just three of us alive so far," Peterman said. "The -Lieutenant found Kroger, but he'd been crushed. The rest are either -buried or blown away."</p> - -<p>"How about you? I still can't see where you are," Jerry said. "Are you -hurt?"</p> - -<p>"My legs got messed up. I'm sitting on the ground. That's why you can't -see me."</p> - -<p>"What about the city? What's left of it?"</p> - -<p>"From where I'm sitting I should be able to see the tops of some of the -taller buildings over the concrete, but there's nothing there. I hate -to think about it."</p> - -<p>"If there is anything left, the rocket planes will bring 'em down."</p> - -<p>"What rocket planes?"</p> - -<p>"Can't you hear 'em? That roar in the air. It almost drowns out the -geiger meter on my suit."</p> - -<p>"Naw, Conlon, that isn't what you think! You're still hearing the sound -of the blast."</p> - -<p>"After this long?"</p> - -<p>"It doesn't die out for a long time."</p> - -<p>Jerry thought about Mildred and Billy. It was this bad even in a -radiation suit with special lenses to protect the eyes; special braces -to minimize the shock wave effects; special material perfected during -the latter part of the century to deflect ultra-radiation. How would -Mildred and Billy fare back home where they were unprotected? They -might even be dead. But no! They couldn't be! They were all he had -left in life. They just had to be alive!</p> - -<p>The shadowy blob which was Lieutenant Blake, moved into Jerry's line -of vision. Blake's form seemed to be getting smaller now; the haziness -around the edges seemed to be dwindling.</p> - -<p>"How are you Peterman?" Blake asked the man with the wounded legs.</p> - -<p>"I'll make it all right, Lieutenant. I might even be able to sight the -gun if you lift me into the seat."</p> - -<p>"Good man, Peterman!" Blake turned to Jerry, "Well, Conlon, it looks -like you and I are the only ones on our feet. That means we've got work -to do."</p> - -<p>"My eyes are bad, but I think they're clearing up now," Jerry said.</p> - -<p>"Things are pretty rough," Blake said. "From what I've been able to -determine, the whole nation's been blasted."</p> - -<p>"Lieutenant—no!" Jerry cried. He moved forward toward the Lieutenant -and clutched Blake by the shoulders. "I've got a wife and kid back -home!"</p> - -<p>"We all have relatives back home, Conlon. You're no different than -anybody else. And it's just as bad for us as it is for you. You've got -to get a grip on yourself. There's nothing you can do for them one way -or the other."</p> - -<p>"The hell there isn't! I'm going back to 'em!"</p> - -<p>The Lieutenant's covered hand whipped out and slapped the front of -Jerry's helmet below the vision lens. Jerry went backwards and dropped -to the concrete floor.</p> - -<p>"Sorry, Conlon," Blake clipped. "I didn't do that in anger. I merely -wanted to snap you back to your senses! You're still in the Army, and -I'm still your commanding officer. As far as the Army is concerned, -none of us have any relatives."</p> - -<p>Jerry got to his feet. There was no question that the Lieutenant was -right. The Army was the big boss, and soldiers were not supposed to -have personal feelings. There were several million soldiers protecting -many millions of people and the only way that Mildred and Billy could -be protected was through the combined and strategic effort of these -soldiers. There were soldiers in the interior risking their lives to -protect people like Mildred and Billy—soldiers with relatives in the -city that Jerry was supposed to protect. It would be a sorry plight if, -at the first sign of trouble, all the men would run home to their own -little families.</p> - -<p>It all seemed like a crazy nightmare to Jerry. No matter how big the -catastrophe, human beings still worried about the little problems -along with the big. It was a strange feeling to look over the top of -the bulwark and see nothing but the dirty gray sky where the forms of -big buildings should be. The shock was less horrible to him because -by the time his sight returned, he was accepting the awful scene of -destruction as an unchangeable fact.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>It was several hours later before a small contingent of radiation -clothed soldiers arrived in several jeeps. A Colonel of the Army -stepped out. Blake and Conlon stood at attention as the officers -introduced themselves. The Colonel's name was Harrison.</p> - -<p>"I'm trying to find out what we have to work with. Not much, I'm -afraid," the Colonel said. "The Government's gone. Communication is -disrupted."</p> - -<p>"Did you say there was no more government, Colonel?" Jerry asked.</p> - -<p>The Colonel nodded. "That's what I said."</p> - -<p>"Then there's no hope—nothing left to fight for any more?"</p> - -<p>"Nothing to fight for?" the Colonel snorted. "Soldier, as long as we -have our hills and valleys we'll have something to fight for!"</p> - -<p>Lieutenant Blake said, "Private Conlon, no more of that defeatist talk! -Please excuse him, Colonel."</p> - -<p>"That's all right," the Colonel shrugged. "It's been a shock to all of -us. Now, tell me, how are you fixed?"</p> - -<p>"Two able, counting myself. One bad casualty. One dead. Three missing," -Blake said.</p> - -<p>"You'll have one man replacement."</p> - -<p>"But, Colonel, that isn't enough to man the gun!"</p> - -<p>"Apparently you don't realize what's happened to the country, -Lieutenant! We're not attempting to hold back the enemy. When they come -they're going to flow right over us as though we aren't here."</p> - -<p>"Then what's the point of—"</p> - -<p>"The point is this. We have not received an order to surrender. We -probably never will."</p> - -<p>Blake said, "We'll do the best we can, Colonel."</p> - -<p>The Colonel gave an order and one man crawled out of a jeep and strode -toward them. The soldier saluted.</p> - -<p>"He is your replacement, Lieutenant," the Colonel said. Then he shook -hands with Blake. "Goodbye, and good luck!"</p> - -<p>The jeeps growled into life. It was strange hearing them, Jerry -thought. Usually there was the hum of the city in the background, a -sort of whispering that made you realize a throbbing community was -nearby. Now it was only the silence broken by the raucous sound of jeep -motors. Eventually even this sound disappeared.</p> - -<p>"All right, men, start clearing up this mess," Blake snapped. "The -gun has to have free traverse. After that, stay at your posts. It's -going to be tough to handle this assignment short-handed, and when the -secondary attack comes it's going to roll in like a tidal wave."</p> - -<p>The replacement was hardly more than a kid. Jerry thought he looked -as though he could be pushed over with a heavy breath. Not much of a -replacement, but he pitched into work earnestly.</p> - -<p>Jerry edged close to Peterman as he worked. The wounded man sat propped -against a pile with his legs stretched out uselessly in front.</p> - -<p>"They didn't even offer to give you medical aid, Peterman," Jerry said.</p> - -<p>"I didn't expect it at a time like this," Peterman said. "The men that -are left have their hands full."</p> - -<p>"For what? You heard what the Colonel said, the Government is -gone—possibly the whole country! What we're doing isn't even a -delaying action. We're hardly going to harass the Enemy! What's the -good of hanging on? Why doesn't the Army turn us loose? I've got to -find out how my wife and kid are doing! Staying here only means one -thing—one foolish, stupid thing!"</p> - -<p>"You've got a point, Conlon," Peterman said through his pain. "I've got -a family too. I'd be tempted to take off myself, if I had legs."</p> - -<p>"Duty! Allegiance! What does it all mean now?" Jerry said bitterly.</p> - -<p>"Not much I suppose, when they pull the curtain in front of you."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Jerry was breathing hard inside his radiation suit. "Peterman, I've got -a notion to make a break!"</p> - -<p>"That decision you've got to make yourself, Conlon. Only remember, that -leaving your post gives the Lieutenant the right to shoot you in the -back!"</p> - -<p>"I'll take that chance. I've got to see Mildred and Billy. You think -you'd do the same thing, Peterman, if you had legs? Would you?"</p> - -<p>"I might. I don't know. I'm in no position to give it much thought."</p> - -<p>"But don't you think this is stupid to wait for certain death when -there's no hope—when I've got the chance to see the ones I love, maybe -for the last time?"</p> - -<p>"It's stupid all right I guess."</p> - -<p>"You've got loved ones, haven't you, Peterman? You know how much it -means?" Peterman clammed and refused to talk.</p> - -<p>Jerry went to the storage which was built into the side of the -concrete wall, opened the door, and brought out his rifle. He examined -the automatic weapon and found it undamaged. He looked around. -Lieutenant Blake was out of sight inside the dugout where he was still -trying to pick up messages. The replacement was mechanically heaving -debris away from the traverse frame of the big gun.</p> - -<p>"Conlon." It was Peterman calling.</p> - -<p>"What do you want?"</p> - -<p>"There's only one thing I'd like you to do before you leave. You and -the replacement lift me to the gunner's seat, will you? I have a bad -dose of radiation on top of everything else. I don't know how long I -can hold out, but I might as well be doing some good for the time I -have left."</p> - -<p>Jerry put the rifle down, called to the replacement. Together they -hoisted Peterman into the seat. Lieutenant Blake came out just as they -finished the job.</p> - -<p>"That's what he wanted, sir," Jerry said. "You're so short-handed we -didn't think you'd object."</p> - -<p>Blake said, "Peterman, you should be keeping yourself quiet."</p> - -<p>Peterman failed to answer for a long moment. Finally he said, "Damn the -Enemy! Why don't they hurry up and get it over with?"</p> - -<p>Jerry walked over to where he had stacked his automatic rifle. He swung -it under his arm and turned to face the Lieutenant.</p> - -<p>"I'm leaving, sir. Don't try to stop me! What we're doing here is plain -stupid. I've got a wife and kid that I've got to see before I die! I'm -leaving, and I'll shoot to kill if anybody tries to stop me! Got that, -Lieutenant?"</p> - -<p>"I'm not going to stop you, Conlon," Blake said quietly.</p> - -<p>"I hope the rest of you can manage the gun while I'm gone!" Jerry cried.</p> - -<p>"We'll manage all right until you get back."</p> - -<p>A faint far-away roar sounded in Jerry's earphones. The sound became -rapidly louder. "No sense in me coming back, Lieutenant, because from -the sound of things, you won't be around much longer."</p> - -<p>Jerry backed toward the concrete steps that would take him to ground -level. He climbed up, kicking away litter so that he would have places -for his feet. He kept the rifle pointed at the motionless, watching -men. The roar became louder.</p> - -<p>Lieutenant Blake called up to him. "You're from the inland area, aren't -you, Conlon? I think the chances for your family were pretty good. -Emergency stations are starting to come through from the interior. The -guided missiles had a lot of near-misses."</p> - -<p>Out of the corners of Jerry's eyes he detected a strange looking dark -cloud appearing along the horizon. From the west, not the east! That -was odd. The dark cloud spread across the horizon, coming closer. -Rocket planes! Hundreds of them!</p> - -<p>Jerry was at ground level now. Up here there would be no protection. A -blast and shock wave could sweep across the flat ground unhindered. The -roar became deafening. Now he could recognize the ships. They were Army -Comets!</p> - -<p>He wanted to leap with joy. His spine tingled with excitement. The -cloud was roaring overhead now. The Comets flashed onward, bent on a -purpose, a death-dealing, earth-shaking purpose! That's the way the -Enemy had wanted it. The Enemy had chosen its weapon, and the Army was -on its way to blow the Enemy so sky-high that its own attack on Jerry's -homeland would seem insignificant by comparison.</p> - -<p>Jerry tossed his rifle over the edge of the bulwark. The thunder -overhead snuffed out the clatter of the rifle when it struck the -concrete below. Jerry went down the steps holding his hands over -his head. It was a full minute before he stumbled back to where he -had started. "I changed my mind about leaving, Lieutenant!" Jerry -shouted. He might as well have been trying to shout above the roar of a -hurricane.</p> - -<p>The Lieutenant waved Jerry's arms down, and Jerry was close enough to -detect a smile inside the Lieutenant's helmet. 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