The Girl in the Blue Beret

Authors: Bobbie Ann Mason

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“He had never felt like taking credit for bringing the plane down safely. Webb was unconscious, perhaps already dead—exactly when, Marshall couldn’t say.“An FW-190. A mean fucker,” Gordon was saying.Marshall squirmed. “Your father had been hit. He was slumped over by the time we stopped moving.”Gordon shook his head. “Damn.” He surveyed the room blankly. “That’s what’s called a bad day,” he said, forcing a laugh. He flexed his fists.“Nothing was anybody’s fault,” Marshall said. “Your dad did one... hell of a job. Nobody could have done better.”Gordon called to the bartender, “Garçon—what do I have to do to get a refill?”The bartender raised his eyebrows and turned his back. He made a show of dawdling before bringing the bottle.“There’s certain things I’ve got against these Frenchies,” Gordon said to Marshall, after the bartender left. “Why they didn’t do the job in Vietnam. Why they hate us for doing the job they couldn’t do. We saved their ass in the World War Number Two, but they forgot about that.MoreLess Read More Read Less