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Weekly Contest #360
June 2nd, 1942. Night watch was my least favorite part of my time while deployed here. We’d been stationed in Baltrum, Germany on this oceanfront for about three weeks up until this point, and the monotony of it continued to bore me. The only thing that held my interest long enough to keep entire boredom from entering was seeing the beautiful view of the ocean from our watch post. It reminded me a lot of home. I flicked my wrist around to check the time on my watch. “3:00” it read, barely being able to make out the time. A.M., to be exact....
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