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no one. She was also a proud American and recognized the opportunity that was
latent in the liberties and freedoms in America and that her traditional
Christian faith and values made possible for anyone who would use those values
to take advantage of the opportunity America offered.
She had passed these principles on to her sons, and like many parents, was
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gratified and somewhat surprised when she found that those teachings had taken
root and born good fruit. Her sons had made good use of what she passed on and
she was grateful beyond measure to her Maker for it & and to her deceased
husband, Jerome Campbell, even if he was not here physically to see it now. He
had been a hard working, good man, husband and father.
As a result of Leon's experience, she knew that he knew & and that he was
proud of his sons.
"Oh, Jerome, we got lots to be grateful for now don t we?" she asked silently
as she gave Alan a hug and gazed heavenward within his strong grasp.
"Just look at my young men!" she said out loud.
"So strong, so brave & and headed so far away!"
"Momma, don't you worry yourself now. We're gonna be alright. Besides, those
NCOs that slapped
Leon around and finally made a man of him are about to find out what a real
Campbell man is really made of!" Alan said to try and comfort his mother as
the two of them finished their embrace.
Geneva knew that this strong talk was Alan's way of masking his apprehension.
Despite his experiences on the street in Chicago, despite his experiences in
the Home Guard here in Idaho, Alan had never really been away from home. As
Alan stepped back to make room for his brother, Leon slugged his younger
brother in the arm before putting his arms around his mother.
"Listen to the little big man would you now," he said.
"You better listen up good on this bus ride bro, and maybe, just maybe I'll
tell you the secret of how to get through the mess you've gotten yourself
into. You have no idea & and I'll tell you what, the recruiter sure didn't let
you in on it either," he added with a laugh.
Turning his attention to his mother, Leon leaned back a little and looked into
her eyes.
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"Mom, we're countin' on you to hold down the fort here & and to keep sending
those letters. Never think for a minute that they are wasted, even if we can t
write back as much as we would like. Those letters are like sweet water to a
man dieing of thirst. They are like gold to a pauper"
Then he squeezed her a little harder, leaned closer and whispered in her ear.
"God bless you mom. We're not nearly as tough as we let on."
Then, as Geneva waived to them both, Leon and Alan Campbell both got on the
bus with the other passengers. Two minutes later, as Alan looked out the
window at his waiving mother, the bus driver got into the idling bus, closed
the door, and they drove away.
Chapter 5
If you dig deeply, there is no telling what truth you might discover & but
only if your heart and mind are willing to accept it." Unknown Colonial
American Pastor
April 19, 2008, 15:31 EST
WNN Corporate Office Suite
New York City, USA
David Krenshaw rapidly opened the package he had just received by special
courier service from
Europe. Inside he found the digital video disk he had been promised. He
carefully took it out of its packaging and walked over his digital music and
video center and inserted the disk into his "special"
video player which was located in a second stack of equipment below the
equipment normally used for executive meetings held in his office. Walking
back past the grouping of plush leather chairs in front of his desk, he
retrieved the remote control for this particular device from a digitally
locked safe drawer in his desk. As he did so, he touched the intercom button
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on his desk and spoke to his administrative assistant.
"Jackie, hold all of my calls and any interruptions for the next twenty
minutes please."
She responded immediately.
"But Mr. Krenshaw, the President of ABS has already scheduled a call with you
at three-forty five, that's only thirteen or fourteen minutes from now."
David appreciated his assistant's reminder. She had been with him for several
years and knew that he was a sticker about his scheduling, particularly about
never missing anything of the slightest importance.
But he also knew she could handle either stalling, or rescheduling the call,
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