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“So there are good ways to die,” Walter said, “and far less desirable ways. Die as a hero or suffocate in a hospital bed.” === ... my dad told me what it was like over there. He was gassed on the Western Front when it wasn’t all quiet... Walter said, “Did you know another twenty million died the year following the war?” “From the Spanish flu,” Honey said. === He climbed on top, and it was like a one-minute blitzkrieg start to finish. === He’s listening to the news, the German Army going through Poland like rhubarb through a tall woman. France is next and England’s getting ready. === He said American food, all it did was give him gas. I had to learn to cook German, big heavy dinners, sauerbraten with red cabbage, bratwurst. For the first time in my life I had to watch my weight. Walter didn’t gain at all. He still passed gas, only now it was okay, it was German gas.