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"I collapsed at work," he says. "And all of a sudden I was 4-F."
“服兵役的時候我崩潰了，”他說。“突然間我成了4-F。”
4-F: unfit to serve.
4-F意思是不適合當兵。
Gary's father had served during World War II and some of his high school friends had already died in Vietnam,
加里的父親曾在二戰期間服役，他的一些高中朋友已經在越南去世，
but Gary was suddenly freed of his obligation. "I think ashamed is the word," he says.
但加里的義務突然被解除了。他說：“我認為應該感到慚愧。”
"I was ashamed I was happy I didn't have to go."
“我為自己竊喜于不用去而感到羞恥。”
Not a day goes by that Gary does not play taps. Every evening, as the sun sets over his lakeside home,
加里每天都玩起小號。每晚，當夕陽余暉籠罩著湖畔家園時，
he walks to the railing of his deck and points his horn toward the water.
他走到甲板的欄桿邊，對著湖水，舉起小號。
His neighbors no longer close their windows. In fact, they stop what they're doing, stand at attention, and listen.
他的鄰居不再關上窗戶，停下來，駐足，凝神傾聽。
On some nights, neighbor Alan Greene emerges on his deck to accompany Gary on his flute.
幾個晚上，鄰居艾倫·格林會來到甲板上，和加里一起吹小號。
"It's a last call; it's daily rest," says Gary. "It's a prayer".
“這是吹的最后一次；屬于每日消遣，”加里說。“是祈禱”。
