In one ward, McIntire went ahead and was talking to a marine who “did not seem to have a whole bone left in his body.” His face, ravaged by pain, was set in lines of utter dejection, but when he looked around and saw who was approaching, the youngster’s mouth flew open in the widest and most delighted grin I have ever seen. “Gee!” he exclaimed. “The President!” So it was down the whole long line of beds in every ward. Not one of us but felt, actually felt, the wave of hope that swept the hospital as shattered men saw before them not merely the President of the United States but another human
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