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Show had only reached the d e a t h - r o s t e r s ten days ago. Brian could be dead r i g h t now, and I wouldn't know i t, I thought,as I returned the baby to her c r i b . Only h i s ^ l e t t e rs reassured me that he had been a l i v e - five days ago. He usually wrote r e g u l a r l y , understanding my f e a r . There was a period of about t h r e e weeks when he had been med-evacuated to a hospital ship with severe b u r s i t i s from the monsoons. There had been no mail c a l l on the ship for several days and I nearly lost my mind, waiting for a l e t t e r. I huddled beneath the blanket, drawing into myself, trying to eapgll the thought of Brian. I prayed for h i s safety.- then hazarded another prayer - t h a t I would see him soon, alive and well. Oh, how I needed him. An hour l a t e r I awakened from a dream in which I had been talking to Brian on the telephone. He had told me to meet him. He had t o l d me t h a t he loved me, t h a t we would be together soon. I would see him in Hawaii. I shook my head to c l e a r the r i n g i n g of my e a r s . Then I realized that the phone was r i n g i n g , that i t had rung twice although i t was t h r e e o'clock in the morning. I expected it must be a c a l l for my f a t h e r - another baby case. But he did n°t get up and answer the phone - he was staying with Aunt Kathy. My heart l e a p t and I rushed for the phone, praying t h a t it wouldn't stop r i n g i n g. "Mrs. Solomon?" The voice was f a r away, crackling. Ikere=was s t a t i c - and - beeps and many v o i c e s . " Yes- • "Yes!" I shouted i n t o the din. "¥e&r--this-is-she^" PFC "You're the wife of/fBrian Solomon?" ,, "%^y^54^--^hen--my-breaih caught. I had only heard of phorie calls * " " j miJt, ">»°" ^ o man had been wounded and shipped |