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A gentler way
At the morning roll
call at Fort Dix, the sergeant called out,"Platoon, atten-HUT! Private Martinez, report to the office. Your
brother died last night."The Chaplain, Rabbi Horowitz, looked on in horror. "Sergeant," he
saidafterwards, "that's a rather cruel and unfeeling way to break tragic news. We must be more gentle and
less abrupt in the future,"The sergeant shrugged. "Yes sir. I'll try to remember that." He didn'tlook
very convinced.Several days later, a call came in about another family death. As the troops were assembling
for roll call, the Chaplain stepped forward."Let me take this one, sergeant", he said. He turned toward
the sleepy-looking soldiers and said, "Platoon, atten-HUT !" They came to attention. "Good morning,
men!" he said. "Good morning, sir", they replied. "Men, today is Mother's Day, and I hope all of you
will be calling home to send your moms a loving thought. In fact, all of youwho are fortunate enough to
still have a mother who's alive and well, take two steps forward. Private Jones; not so fast!"
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