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A conscript in the Kara Kum: (Part One).(First Person)
ALL ABOARD FOR CHARDZHOU
THE OOMPAH-OOPAH of the military band, lined up on the platform at Odessa next to the first carriage of a long and empty military train, enlivened the gloom of the families. It was May 1968, and they had come to farewell their sons, brothers and boyfriends leaving for two years of National Service. There was a gnawing fear on the faces of the parents--what if there's a war? Boys took a last drink of vodka with friends, dancing, singing, throwing up on the rails and generally treating the whole situation with the bravery of the ignorant. Tears of girlfriends, mothers and sisters, advice from former soldiers, fathers holding out and not ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, A conscript in the Kara Kum: (Part One).(First Person)