FIVE – LISTENING POST (2100 HOURS)After Polack broke squelch once on the radio in response to the CP’s request for a “sit-rep”, he leaned over to poke LG’s shoulder a couple of times with the handset to awaken him. LG nodded and silently unwrapped himself from his poncho liner cocoon. He slowly scooted up to a sitting position, ultimately leaning against the tree behind him. It was so dark that Polack could barely make out LG’s profile. His boony hat was still pulled tightly over his head, its brim bent and wavy from lying on it. Anywhere else, Polack would have laughed out loud.
LG rolled his head and neck around his shoulders and shrugged to work out the kinks. Polack held out the radio handset, which LG accepted, and then placed it against his ear for the next two-hour shift.
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