Chapter 350 Planning

Parks doesn't know how he got back to the barracks. Generally speaking, he won't give a speech at this grand scene. In the past, when he raised war bonds, he gave a speech, but it was all facing some upper-class people and public representatives. Now, he is facing those fanatical Ordinary people. .

"Are you still thinking about the speech?" Captain Wales walked into Parks' office. The brothers were well taken care of at Camp Shanks in New York, and more than 1,500 officers and soldiers were temporarily placed in this camp, and then waiting for them to be demobilized. After the fanatical welcome ceremony on New York Street, they could only return to themselves lonely. In their hometown, whether they are defeated prisoners or heroes in war, they can't escape this fate.

"Yes!" Parks sat in the office chair and watched Captain Wales with his hands on his chest, and then opened the window and looked out. On the far away, some brothers were playing baseball. The loud shouts and laughter between them came in through the window, which sounded very comfortable and peaceful. The feeling.

The scene from the day before still appears in Parks' mind. The warm cheers on both sides of the road, the forest of arms and cheers, shouts and drums on the square made the whole square tremble. Parks didn't know how he got on the stage. He was surrounded by crowds. The gentlemen in suits protected him and made him stand on a stage of the highest construction of the square, where there was a microphone, a round speaker, and then under the sign of a burly man in his fifties, Parks walked to the microphone.

"Parks--" Someone under the stage was calling his name loudly. Before Parks could even speak, before his voice could even speak, the stage was surging with shouts calling his name.

"Hero! Hero! "Hero!" Like a neat horn, everyone is stamping their feet and stepping on the loud sound of the beat. These ordinary people prefer to dedicate this name to ordinary soldiers like Parks rather than those politicians.

Parks calmed down. On such an occasion, in the face of tens of thousands of people, he couldn't help but be distracted, but soon he held his throbbing mood, took a deep breath, and then said his first words to all the people: "I'm not a hero!"

Yes, he is not a hero. Compared with those who leave their bodies on the battlefield forever, he is not a hero. When he said this, he was a little distracted. The figures of the dead brothers kept emerging in front of his eyes. Their smiles and their figures fighting in the flames of war, as if they were images of a movie.

"Sniper--" The sound that seemed to be far away in the sky was like a lingering lingering in my ears. "Brown--" The bright blood blossomed in the air. In the Battle of Carrington, they lost Brown.

"He stepped on a mine! The second lieutenant was injured! Doctor, where's the doctor, damn it!" The door of the basement was kicked open with a bang, and a blood-like man was carried in by his brothers. In the shouts of everyone and the call of doctors, the major, who graduated from West Point and lived in the army for less than two days, stepped on a mine while performing the task of capturing prisoners of war in Agno. He was the last one in the camp. People.

"But I serve in a heroic company!" Parks suddenly raised his head, and then said to the people who slowly calmed down because of their first words, "The brothers who came out of the Tacoya barracks with me, some slept in a foreign country, and some lost their arms or legs or more forever. In front of them, I'm not a hero, they are!"

Paxton paused, and then continued: "Some people think that I have done a lot for this company, this regiment and even the whole 101st Airborne Division. Yes, I admit that I have done some, but as a soldier, I just did what a soldier should do and do it well. I know that the meaning of a soldier's existence is to make the world free of war. He was born for war and to eliminate war. And what I want is to be a soldier who fights for the elimination of war and then retires for peace!"

Yes, Parks is a little tired of war. If there is still a war, he will not participate in it again. Even in the barracks, it is the same, but politics is not based on the will of soldiers. They are politicians and interests are transferred by the will.

"I expect peace, and now peace is really coming. We should cherish it. This is what my brothers fought with blood, and I cherish this hard-won peace even more.

Parks's voice was slowly calm. He had no surging words, let alone exaggerated expressions and movements. He was like telling his own story and telling his heart like an old friend.

He talked about the difficult life of his brothers in the battle, the battle of sacrifice and death, and even the torture of injuries and diseases in the battle. He talked about the love in the battlefield and the cruel concentration camps. Quietly, no one interrupted him, although the time of this speech had exceeded a lot, even the mayor of New York City did not mean to interrupt him. The more he can move people, the more he shows his success.

Finally, Parks nodded, squeezed his lips to everyone, and then said, "I can't tell all the stories, but I remember all the stories, which will be the most valuable assets in my future life. When we enjoy peace forever, I will say to my children and grandchildren that I used to be an American soldier, and I once served in a heroic company. This company, I call it a brother company. I will always remember its name - Company E of the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. I will miss all the brothers in the company. There are also people who live and fight with their brothers! This is all the words of me, an American soldier, on this war!"

With that, Parks stood quietly, and then saluted all the people. He turned around quietly, and then counted his steps and left with difficulty step by step. This may be the fulfillment of one of his wishes. He wants to say that some Americans know the story of this brotherhood. Although this story has been scattered in some newspapers and radio stations, it is told one by himself one by one, so that everyone can face it shockingly. That's what he has to do.

Silence! After a short silence, the tide of applause flooded the square in an instant. When Parks quietly walked down, the applause was like a storm, pushing the people and things in the story to the top of the wave again.

"Reese, do you know? You made your brothers famous!" Captain Wales stood at the window and still looked out of the window. He watched the big cow Randallman hit the ball, then the ball flew into mid-air, and then smiled softly, "At least after they become famous, they don't have to worry about not being able to find a job. This is a good thing. As long as our E company, someone will buy it."

"You think so far! Harry, I don't think about anything now. I don't know what the fate of our assault company will be. Maybe we will all return to the field and find a job on the street. Of course, it's not this kind of job that speaks in the square but no one invests money to you!" Parks shook his head and said, "I hope the 101st Airborne Division will not be disbanded because of General Taylor's departure!"

"Are you sure there is such a rumor?" Captain Wales frowned because of this. Now Major Winters is still far away in Germany, and I don't know what fate they will encounter. Now the Assault Company is still established in the name of the 101 Airborne Division. If the 101 Airborne Division is disbanded, it also means that the Assault Company will also be disbanded!

"Is that why you said that in the square?" Suddenly, Captain Wales smiled at Parks and said, "I know the reason why you mentioned the 101st Airborne Division. You want people to remember this division forever, and then let the military have some scruples without disbanding a heroic army, don't you? In this way, you will make those bigwigs have a nerve-wracking. They must hate you so much! Look at today's newspaper. What's written on it?

"Speech of an American soldier", "Hero Company of the 101st Airborne Division", "Service with Heroes" and so on, and so on, all of which directly quote some of Parks's speech as the title, many of which praise the heroic deeds of the 101st Airborne Division, as well as what Parkx achieved. Some achievements will soon become a major news event across the United States.

"I hope it will be useful, Harry, I've tried my best!" Parks nodded at Wales, then stood up, walked to Wales, and looked with him at the brothers running on the field outside the window. "If I can't change anything, I may choose to retire or find a job. Of course, at the right time, I can choose to go to West Point. But maybe not now!"

"So have you decided what to do?" Wales looked at Parks and said, "Don't tell me that you haven't prepared anything, and then come straight out of the barracks, sway on the street with your luggage, or simply go home!"

"Go home?" Parks looked at Wales.

"Yes, don't you live in Virginia? Aren't you going to go home and have a look? Wales looked at Parks strangely, "I haven't been home for a long time. I think I will visit my parents. I also want to invite them to my wedding with Betty. We have been preparing for this wedding for a long time. This is the most important time in my life. I don't want them to miss it!"

Yes, my parents, the one named Orek appeared in front of Pax's eyes? Ben? Parks's man's face and the caring eyes of the kind woman. He sighed gently, then nodded gently and said, "You're right, Harry, it's time to go home and have a look!"

And Parks is also going to start planning his own future life. Maybe the 101st Airborne Division will be disbanded as in history. Those high-level people will not give up their ideas because of their own pretentiousness. At that time, they should find a job and settle down in New York. After the end of the war in 1950, perhaps he will consider entering West Point again.

(to be continued)