Chapter 372 Go Home

Shortly after Winters' return, Parks returned to the United States with the second batch of voluntarily selected prisoners of war, and when he returned home, he was heroically welcomed by the families of the prisoners of war. Other negotiations are still going on, the prisoners of war have been welcomed, and the military's attitude has eased. They have not arrested anyone, which is what President Truman expected. Now it is in a period of **, and the United States is in a delicate period. Many people think that Americans can be enemies in the world except for Soviet Russia, but now the Chinese and North Korean army has given the Americans a blow. In order not to let this stick make the Americans lose confidence, These prisoners of war must be welcomed as heroes.

Parks has once again become the front page headline of major newspapers, but he doesn't have time to enjoy these praises now, because he is going to start fulfilling his promise to Virgillian. He is going to give Virgillian a wedding, but because of Jeff, he doesn't want to make the wedding grand. He only needs a few families. Of course, the only thing he can't miss is the brothers of E Company. He hopes that those brothers who used to fight side by side with him can also participate in the wedding.

Parks's military status is still kept at West Point Military Academy. His retirement report has not been approved, and no one will approve a person who has won a large number of U.S. prisoners reported by the media at this time to retire now. But Parks got a long vacation to let him finish his wedding. Because of his wedding, even if he intends to conduct it in a low-key way, he can't avoid the tracking and reporting of the media. Now it is known all over the United States, which makes Parks very helpless.

Parks also set foot on the road to California for the first time. After all, his parents were involved in his wedding. He planned to bring his parents to New York to participate in his wedding. He rented a plane and flew to California with Virginia.

Virginia leaned close to Pax's shoulder. She knew that this time Pax took it very seriously, which was respect for her, but the only thing she was worried about was Jeff. Although Jeff didn't say anything, she could see that Jeff was very uneasy. She was worried that Jeff would have a problem, but it was just a worry. The key was how Parks dealt with the relationship.

The weather in California is not bad. It's early spring now. Parks is still wearing a military uniform. He is still in the military, and he is also used to wearing a military uniform. He also plans to wear a military uniform at the wedding, which is very meaningful to him.

The plane stopped steadily at the airport. Parks took a deep breath. His expression was a little stiff. The first time he saw his parents was the parents of the body he occupied. In any case, he had to have a good relationship with them. Virginia felt his stiffness, so she patted his hand gently and whispered, "What's wrong? These are your parents. Don't worry about this. They always love you! Relax, Les, let's go down!"

Parks nodded, and then raised his legs and walked to the suspension ladder at the door of the cabin. At the airport, several people were standing not far away, all looking at the plane. Standing in front were an old man with gray hair and an old woman in her fifties. They saw the young man who appeared on the suspension ladder of the flying rack. The colonel's military uniform, and his arms were gently held by a tall and beautiful woman, walking down step by step.

"Reese! It's Reis!" Before the old couple spoke, a young couple behind them and a five- or six-year-old child shouted happily first. One of the women covered her face and looked at Parks. She couldn't help sobbing and shouting, "It's Les, God, his appearance has changed and is stronger than before. God, finally See him again!"

Parks has stepped up quickly. When he saw the couple again, the little estrangement in his heart suddenly disappeared. Originally, he thought that he was a helpless soul in the world. Even if he had parents, he was just the parents of this body, not his real one. His parents and relatives, but now he saw the warmth and the warmth of home from the trembling figure of the old couple and the eyes shining with excitement, and his heart was suddenly warmed.

He walked up quickly, facing the trembling old woman's body, hugged him tightly in his arms and whispered in the old woman's ear, "Mom, I'm back!"

When the two separated, the old woman stretched out her trembling hand, gently stroked Parks's face, and said in a trembling voice, "God, I can still see you. I thought I couldn't see you again before I died. Les, I miss you very much, and so did your father! He is talking about you every day, especially after you go to Europe!"

Father? Parks let go of his mother, and then turned around to look at the burly, white-haired old man beside him. His eyes used to be so sharp, but now they are only gentle as spring sunshine. He looked at Parks, stretched out his hand and said, "What? Don't shake hands with me?"

Parks suddenly smiled, and then stretched out his hands. The two hands were held tightly together. They were the same rough, but they were extremely powerful. Parks leaned over, then hugged the old man's burly body and hugged him tightly, "Dad, it's good to see you. I once thought I would never see you again!"

"I'll beat you again, if you don't listen to me!" The old man also hugged Parks tightly, and then "threely threatened" in his ear, "If you leave without saying goodbye next time, I will break your leg!"

"You are still so stubborn. It seems that you haven't changed at all!" Pax shook his head and smiled, and then let go of him.

"Of course, I'm your father, that's why!" The old man laughed.

At this time, the old woman laughed and said, "Don't worry, your father is joking. He is much better now. Since you left, he has rarely drunk, and he has also learned to do housework, which is a great progress!"

"Okay, old woman, if you talk more, be careful that I will beat you!" The old man laughed and made an exaggerated move, which made the rest of the people laugh. At this time, the little boy suddenly looked up at Parks and said, "Are you my uncle?" I heard that you are a hero?

Parks looked at the woman and the man at this time. He knew that this was his only sister Jenny and his husband Jack? Pratt and their child Oliver, a technician of a freighter company, is a simple and down-to-earth man. Parks smiled at Jenny and Pratt, then looked down at Oliver and said, "No, Oliver, I'm not a hero, but I fight with the heroes!"

With that, he pinched Oliver's face, but the little guy couldn't help protesting, pouting, hiding behind his father, and then poked his head out and waiting for Parks. Parks straightened up and hugged Jenny and Pratt one by one. Then they introduced Virginia to them, and the family was very satisfied with Virginia and greeted her warmly.

"Look at that bastard, he will contradict people!" Parks' father shook his hand with Virginia and smiled at her, "I don't want his son to be like him in the future!"

" get in the car!" At this time, Pratt said to everyone that there were two cars behind them, one from Pratt and the other from Parks' parents. "The neighbors in the block are waiting for us!"

"Neighbors?" Parks couldn't help looking at Pratt, and then at his father.

Orick? Parks smiled and said, "Yes, son, you know, we used to live in the 21st neighborhood, but now we don't have that name."

Looking at Parks' strange eyes, Pax's sister Jenny suddenly smiled and said, "Because of the Medal of Honor and some other honors you received, the State Axe decided to change the name of the 21st block to Parks Street, so many people in the block wanted to have a look. You know that although they are very familiar with us, But after all, you have been away from home for several years, you know, they--"

Yes, when Parks returned to his neighborhood, the whole block of people at home drove out. They welcomed Parks with the most enthusiastic enthusiasm and the highest cheers. They greeted Parks' arrival on both sides of the street and called his name loudly. Parks had to stick his head out of the window and wave to the enthusiastic people.

With his father O'Rick? In Parks's words, he was too proud at this moment. He was more proud than when he lived with honor. When he got home, the first thing he said was: "Son, I have to take back what I said before."

Parks remembered that sentence, "You will only shame the beautiful [[***] team." The father continued, "Now the beautiful [***] team is proud of you."

Will the American [***] team really be proud of me? Parks couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, so that when he returned to New York, he thought this sentence was just a joke. How could a country's army be proud of a soldier? But soon after, when a group of prisoners returned to the United States, President Truman delivered a speech about the Korean War, in which he highly praised Parks and said that the U.S. team was honored to have such outstanding soldiers.

Of course, all of this made Parks' reputation rise again after World War II. At this time, the wedding date of Parks was getting closer and closer, and the wedding that attracted the attention of the whole country was scheduled for May 8, 1952, and the victory of Europe. Before that, Parks's invitations had been distributed with the post office to the addresses of the E Company brothers who were still alive all over the United States. Maybe some of these brothers may not be able to receive it because of the change of address, or they may not be able to come for one reason or another, but he still wants to invite these brothers to the greatest extent possible and come to a party, the first big party after the war.

This is not only of great significance to Parks' wedding, but also to the brothers of the whole E Company!

(to be continued)