Falling in love was the last thing Army pilot Carl Prosser expected to do while stationed in Korea. But he meets a young man named Tommy who's touring with the USO and does just that. Their relationship deepens through an exchange of letters.<br><br>When the USO troupe returns to the front, Prosser devises an elaborate plan to see his lover one last time before the entertainers return to the states. At the last minute, though, there's a change of plans when the enemy hits the USO troupe and Prosser fears Tommy is gone forever.

For the Boys

Relief flooded through me. So I was right about him. I leaned back against him and his strong arms held me close. Quietly, I admitted, “I thought you meant something else. I thought you meant—” 


He laughed, dispelling the sudden tension between us. “Oh God, no.”


I looked over my shoulder again and right into his eyes, twin pools reflecting the lantern and my own image back at me. When I smiled, his hands dared to slip lower, and he cupped the buckle of my belt, his fingers brushing along the zipper of my pants. Giving me a light squeeze, he let go and stepped back. Hold me again, I wanted to tell him. Don’t let go this time. But I didn’t. “I need to get changed,” he told me as he began to unzip my field jacket.


Chapter 4