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other than an expression of a desire to sleep oodles. I was in bed at 7 o'clock, prepared to gain back some of that slumber which was so deplorably lacking.

At 11:30 I awoke with a premonition that all was not well. The [[strikethrough]] barr  [[/strikethrough]] quarters was divided into two sections by a thin partition, as all these portable buildings are built. Schoen turned over on his side of the partition and I turned over on mine at that time so I gently tapped on the boards and whispered to him. He answered and we both listened.

The dull booming had awakened us both. Distant thunder, [[strikethrough]] dull [[/strikethrough]] shuddering vibrations came through the stillness that was intense but for the crackle of