The Joyous One at a French Field Hospital
An unnamed American soldier, dubbed the Joyous One by nurses, endures bleak calm in a Neuilly field hospital. He resists mirrors and self-pity, dreaming only of a photograph that could remake his face into any image but his own, even the Christ.
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Joyeaux
Foreign Legion
Neufilly
Neuilly
France
Republic
Pierre Dutout
America
Rembrandt
Christ
Harmon
Hlarmon
United States
Vichy
Lin
Montana
Night on a stormy voyage sparks a broker’s lure
On a dark ship deck in a violent June night a glib American veteran and a wary French veteran share a charged meeting. Harmon, a confident broker, pushes the other toward a sales job offering quick money while the younger man. reacts with guarded interest and quiet defiance.
Let Them Make Me Look Like That
A Syracuse man once in the Foreign Legion under the name Henry Hilliard returns home bearing injuries and secrets. He confronts a vanished past, love triangles, and a thwarted dream as Holworthy Hall’s tale unfolds in a sharp American community setting with dramatic complications.
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Legion Etrangere
Foreign Legion
Richard Morgan
Syracuse
N. Y
Henry Hilliard
Christ
Dick Morgan
Carol Durant
Hilliard
Holworthy Hall
Linen Marking Instructions From A Factory Note
A brief note explains how to mark linen safely with ink by first penciling initials and then tracing over with ink to prevent spreading. The snippet also includes a clipped line about proving oneself.