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Life of a Soldier

BLIZZARDS PERSISTENT FOR SEVERAL DAYS , HOSTILITIES BEGUN BY CONSTANT CEASEFIRES . ENEMIES STRIVING HARD TO OCCUPY NO - MAN’S - LAND , IS OF GREAT ADVANTAGE TO ANNEX AND BE WORTH. HUGE CORPS DEPLOYED , AIR – BASES SET UP , ANY MOMENT WAR MAY DECLARE . COLONEL ORDERED TO INFORM RELATIVES , ON A SPECIAL TRAINING , MOBILES NOT ALLOWED . SIX PERSONNEL MARTYRED – INCLUDING A MAJOR. RHANDRA , A WEEK LATER , MARRIAGE WAS FIXED , TWELVE YEARS OF INSEPARABLENESS , DEVIATED BY A BULLET . THE ONLY BREAD WINNER OF FOUR SISTERS AND OLD PARALYSED MOTHER , NO MORE WITH US . BODY DROWNED BY SNOWY LAYERS , FUTILE TO UNEARTH . I OPENED THE CRATE , SAW THE BARBIE DOLL , MY DAUGHTER ASSERTED FOR , A VALIANT MILITARY BRAT , SELDOM WE CAN FIND . PROUD OF HER FATHER , BRASH AND MIGHTY , WOULD NOT SHADE TEARS IF I DIE ON DUTY . MY WIFE WILL CRY , BUT NOT TO WORRY , I HAVE A SCION , AS BOLD AS COURAGEOUS , IN MY ABSENCE WILL BRING HOME THE BACON . WITH INJURY IN LEG TODAY I MAY REPLETE , BUT WITHOUT DEFEATING THE ENEMIES WE CANNOT SUCCEED . I AM A SOLDIER – AT – ARMS , BORN TO PROTECT MOTHERLAND , TODAY I AM BREATHING , TOMORROW MAY NOT SUBSIST.

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Date: 7/10/2020 1:08:00 AM
Well penned - I believe you know these feelings firsthand.u
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Niladri Sekhar Pal
Date: 7/10/2020 1:42:00 AM
Thank you mam

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