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(x) Fireflies and Gunfire

High Adventure · July 12, 1969 · 27 min · 3,383 words

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old Turner. He had lied in accident. Imagine, gliding at his age. The Albany was always a wild-stopping character. I should know. I spent nine months with him on the loose in the German occupied Italy during the war.

After the Italian Armistice, we did a duck from the Ferris of being a camp and old up for the Wytherin amount in village where the peasants were strongly anti-German. Then in May 44 we went south, hoping to get through the front.

By the time we reached the area behind Casino, our civilian clothes were in tappers. and our boots were falling apart. Cool. We looked like tramps. I don't like this. You know, I swam with Jimmy Troops.

So what do you expect? I can't reach the front without going through the base area. And let me tell you after that. We haven't much further to go. Oh, come on, Fred. I can't fire his nose now as it was this morning.

These hills ahead of my ski. And casino's less than 15 miles away. That big town back there must be Sora. And the river over on the right of the Munich. Yeah, and the firm had told us the allies had captured Casino.

Well, that's the better. It means the front is closer than I thought. Let me have another look at that map. But you can't look at that map now, Boo. Why not? Well, Jerry's will see you.

There's an old mob and minuteward on the other side of the edge. And remember that carabinieri we passed a few minutes ago? Oh, he gave us a very suspicious look. Oh, what? He's only an Italian policeman.

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