지난달, 

온 방을 뒤엎었었다. 

책상, 서랍, 책꽂이, 구석 구석 손을 대었다. 

그 와중에 발굴한 8년 전 나의 유물. 

훈련소에서 지급받은 고무링과 혁대를 전역하는 그 날까지 사용했었다. 

군번줄의 줄도 한 번 갈아본 적 없었다. 

그런 것을 서랍 속 깊숙한 곳에 넣어두고 일 년에 한 번, 예비군 훈련 때에만 사용했었다. 

이젠 쓸 일도 없어졌는데 

그걸 못 버리겠다. 

이런 저런 훈련 계획들, 업무 일정, 휴가 계획 등을 적었던 수첩도 4개, 

정체를 알 수 없는 필름 한 통과 같이 있었다. 

64 INT. VILLAGE.LAUNDRY - DAY

A BELL TINKLES and MRS. EMMA LAMB, a harried English woman in her thirties, glides across her tiny home laundry. TWO SMALL KIDS are helping her with sorting and pressing.

MALARKEY painfully hungover, is standing out front. He smiles politely when the door opens and removes his hat.

MALARKEY
Morning, Mrs. Lamb. I'm sorry to bother you so early -�

MRS. LAMB
Oh, Private Malarkey. Come in.

65 INT. VILLAGE LAUNDRY - DAY

MALARKEY
It's Sergeant Malarkey now, ma'am. Just got promoted.

MRS. LAMB
Lovely. I imagine you'll be wanting your laundry. I heard the trucks rumbling by all night. Figured the Yanks must be on their way off again.

MALARKEY
Looks like for good this time.

She goes behind the counter and pulls out a package wrapped in brown paper and string. Scrawled across it is the name MALARKEY.

MRS. LAMB
Sorry to hear that. Here you are, two shirts, two pairs of trousers. Light starch. That's two bob, tuppence.

Malarkey holds out a handful of change. Mrs. Lamb picks out the correct amount.

MR. LAMB
Would you like a cup of tea? I've got the water boiling.

MALARKEY
No thank you. I'm in a hel - I mean - a bit of a hurry. But thank you anyway.

He starts for the door.

MRS. LAMB
Private?

MALARKEY (turning)
Ma'am?

The old lady pulls out another brown paper package and places it on the counter.

MRS. LAMB
Lt. Meehan is one of yours, isn't he? I hope he hasn't forgotten his laundry.

Malarkey looks at the brown paper package and the name MEEHAN scribbled on it. He swallows.

MALARKEY
I'll take it.

He puts some coins down and picks up Meehan's laundry.

MRS. LAMB
And the others?

She smiles and, one after another, places brown paper packages on the counter.

Malarkey looks at the names: EVANS, ROBERT, MURRAY, OWEN, RIGGS, WENTZEL, WIMER, COLLINS, MOYA,_MILLE_R, SNIDER, MCGONIGAL, OATS, TELSTAD, ELLIOT, WARREN ... and finally ... BLITHE.

TRANSITION TO:

66 EXT. WHITE CLOUDS - DAY

float peacefully across a blue Normandy sky.

SUPER: Private Albert Blithe of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was shipped.to an Army hospital in the United States later that summer. Never fully recovering from the wounds he received in Normandy, he died in 1948. 

FADE OUT

잠들기 전 무심코 틀어본 pooq. 

ebs에서 band of brothers 1화를 막 시작하려던 참이었다. 

불꺼진 방. 나루는 곁에 누워 잠을 청하고 

자정이 조금 넘은 시각, 

나는 비스듬히 벽에 기댄 채 currahee에 눈을 담갔다. 

털털거리는 c-47 수송기의 철벽에 뺨을 기댄 채 

암흑의 창 밖을 응시하던 병사들의 표정. 

훈련소에서 665 포병대대로 이송되던 그 버스 안에서 

주체할 수 없이 눈물이 흐르던 그 때가 생각났다. 

죽으러 가는 것도 아니요, 

전쟁터로 끌려가는 것도 아니었다. 

털털거리는 25인승 군용 버스 안에서 

나는 분명히 ㅡ 너무도 분명히 알 수 있었다. 

이 작고 미약한 인생이 어디론가 흘러가고 있었다.