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10.

The next telegram arrived as Rita was pulling laundry out of the dryer. She rushed up the stairs at the doorbell and had change ready for the tip by the door. She sat down at the phone stand as she read,

...HE HAS SUSTAINED TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION OF THE LEFT ARM BELOW THE ELBOW AND THE LEFT LEG BELOW THE KNEE. HIS LEFT EYE AND JAW HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY DAMAGED. THESE WOUNDS HAVE BEEN STABILIZED. HE IS CURRENTLY IN CLARK AIR FORCE BASE HOSPITAL IN THE PHILIPPINES AND WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO WALTER REED HOSPITAL, WASHINGTON, DC ON TUESDAY MARCH 28 FOR FURTHER TREATMENT...

What have they done to my boy? she thought, looking over at the little cabinet in the coat closet where they’d kept mittens and hats for the boys. He’s lost an arm and a leg. What about his eye! His jaw? “Who do I call to find out!?” she screamed into the empty room.

When Pat came home half an hour later, she was curled up on the couch in the living room, rosary in hand.