Characters in Squad D

He was in time to observe Andrea down the last swallow of the first drink and pour the post-Billy era's second drink.

NM Andy Moulton Faraday, LA Staff Sgt. I Jimmy Oliphant Beson, Del. Ashley St. Thomas Anderson, Ind. *Josh Bortman Castle Rock, Me.

I Jimmy Oliphant Beson, Del. Ashley St. Thomas Anderson, Ind. *Josh Bortman Castle Rock, Me. He had put his own name last, Dale saw – he had seen all of this before, or course, and had noticed it...but had never really noticed it until now, perhaps.

… Billy Clewson died all at once, with nine of the ten other members of D Squad on April 8, 1974. It took his mother two years, but she got started right away on the afternoon the telegram announcing her son's death came, in fact. Dale Clewson simply sat on the …

… Rider Dotson Oneonta, NY Charlie Gibson Payson, ND Bobby Kale Henderson, IA Jack Kimberley Truth or Consequences. NM Andy Moulton Faraday, LA Staff Sgt. I Jimmy Oliphant Beson, Del. Ashley St. Thomas Anderson, Ind. *Josh Bortman Castle Rock, Me. He had put his own name last, Dale saw – he …

Rider Dotson Oneonta, NY Charlie Gibson Payson, ND Bobby Kale Henderson, IA Jack Kimberley Truth or Consequences. NM Andy Moulton Faraday, LA Staff Sgt. I Jimmy Oliphant Beson, Del. Ashley St. Thomas Anderson, Ind. *Josh Bortman Castle Rock, Me.

Dale Clewson simply sat on the bench in the front hall for five minutes, the sheet of yellow flimsy paper dangling from his fingers, not sure if he was going to faint or puke or scream or what.

… in the same soft-lead pencil, was this notation: Jack Bradley Omaha, Neb. Billy Clewson Binghamton, NY. Rider Dotson Oneonta, NY Charlie Gibson Payson, ND Bobby Kale Henderson, IA Jack Kimberley Truth or Consequences. NM Andy Moulton Faraday, LA Staff Sgt. I Jimmy Oliphant Beson, Del. Ashley St. Thomas Anderson, Ind.

… Charlie Gibson Payson, ND Bobby Kale Henderson, IA Jack Kimberley Truth or Consequences. NM Andy Moulton Faraday, LA Staff Sgt. I Jimmy Oliphant Beson, Del. Ashley St. Thomas Anderson, Ind. *Josh Bortman Castle Rock, Me. He had put his own name last, Dale saw – he had seen all of …

I Jimmy Oliphant Beson, Del. Ashley St. Thomas Anderson, Ind. *Josh Bortman Castle Rock, Me. He had put his own name last, Dale saw – he had seen all of this before, or course, and had noticed it...but had never really noticed it until now, perhaps.

I Jimmy Oliphant Beson, Del. Ashley St. Thomas Anderson, Ind. *Josh Bortman Castle Rock, Me. He had put his own name last, Dale saw – he had seen all of this before, or course, and had noticed it...but had never really noticed it until now, perhaps.

… which had come in the mail, along with Lieutenant Anderson's letter. You could be wrong, his mind insisted with an assurance that was slightly hysterical. You've been through a lot these last couple of years, what with losing first Billy and then Andrea. You could be wrong. 97 It was …

"My name is Dale Clewson, Mr. Bortman. My son – " "Clewson. Billy Clewson's father." Now the voice was flat, inflectionless. "Yes, that's – " "So you say." Dale could find no reply. For the first time in his life, he really was tongue-tied.

First someone calling himself Peter Moulton calls, supposedly from Louisiana, and tells my wife that our boy has suddenly showed up in a picture Josh sent them of Squad D. She's still having hysterics over that when a woman purporting to be Bobby Kale's mother calls with the same insane …

Billy Clewson Binghamton, NY. Rider Dotson Oneonta, NY Charlie Gibson Payson, ND Bobby Kale Henderson, IA Jack Kimberley Truth or Consequences. NM Andy Moulton Faraday, LA Staff Sgt. I Jimmy Oliphant Beson, Del. Ashley St. Thomas Anderson, Ind. *Josh Bortman Castle Rock, Me.