Tim O'Brien: "Letnan Satu Jimmy Cross membawa surat dari seorang gadis...

"Letnan Satu Jimmy Cross membawa surat dari seorang gadis bernama Martha, seorang junior di Mount Sebastian College di New Jersey. Itu bukan surat cinta, tapi Letnan Cross berharap, jadi dia menyimpannya dengan plastik di bagian bawah rusack-nya. Di sore hari, setelah perjalanan sehari, dia akan menggali lubang perlindungannya, mencuci tangannya di bawah kantin, membuka bungkus surat-surat, memegangnya dengan ujung jari, dan menghabiskan waktu berjam-jam berpura-pura."

--- Tim O'Brien

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha, a junior at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey. They were not love letters, but Lieutenant Cross was hoping, so he kept them folded in plastic at the bottom of his rusack. In the late afternoon, after a day's march, he would dig his foxhole, wash his hands under a canteen, unwrap the letters, hold them with the tips of his fingers, and spend the last hour of light pretending.