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

But the ten civilians sat together on the far side of the tent, and Tommy watched us as he ate, watched me.I could feel the weight of his gaze from across the hall. “Damn,” Bert muttered. “He could’ve brought Ellie.” That was the name of the pretty chorus girl Bert liked. “You should’ve asked—” 


“Well, I didn’t,” I snapped. I wanted to rush over there and touch him again, just to make sure he was real. I wanted to hold him again, and kiss him, and hear him ask me to stay with him, but the rest of the company was there with us. I couldn’t do anything in front of the other soldiers. It took all I had to dare to smile at him. 


Chapter 5