Well as I say I would of gave anything for some one to of fired off a gun or made some noise of some kind but when this here Phillips finely opened up his clam and spoke I would of jumped a mile if they had of been any room to jump anywheres. Well the sargent had told us not to say nothing but all of a sudden right out loud this bird says this is a heāll of a war. Well I motioned back at him to shut up but of course he couldnāt see me and he thought I hadnāt heard what he said so he said it over again so then I thought maybe he hadnāt heard the sargentās orders so I whispered to him that he wasnāt supposed to talk. Well Al they wasnāt no way of keeping him quite and he says āThatās all bunk because I been out here before and talked my head off and nothing happened.ā So I says well if you have got to talk you donāt half to yell it. So then he tried to whisper Al but his whisper sounded like a jazz record with a crack in it so he says Iām not yelling I am whispering so I said yes I have heard Hughey Jennings whisper like that out on the lines.
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