being a guard of honour, a flag or any other reference including a uniform. A small service will be held at Silverwoods Cemetery on Saturday afternoon. ’Roy looked up from the paper and huffed. ‘It will upset the parents!’ ‘I imagine they are upset already, their son just got killed.’ ‘And then brought shame on the family. What do you think Billy?’ ‘I don’t know Roy, he’s dead!’ ‘I reckon it’s treason, he’s a traitor. It’s anti American to deny the army to give him a proper burial. I would have him dishonourably discharged, the army and the country should wash their hands of him.’ ‘But that’s what he did.’ ‘What’s that?’ ‘He had himself discharged.’
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