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HISTORY OF 305th FIELD ARTILLERY
"Do you know what this means?" the captain snaps
at him. “Do you realize your entire record is gone-
punishments and rewards, clothing, allotments, every-
thing? Do you understand that without your service
record you can't be paid?"
The replacement glances at the paper work suspended from the walls, littering the table, overflowing to the floor. His lip trembles.
"I don't know much, sir, since I got inteh the army."
And, as the captain glances at the paper work, too, there flashes through his mind:
"How much this man and I have in common!"
