I want a military funeral when I die — the bugler, the flag on the casket, the ceremonial firing squad, the hallowed ground.... It will be a way of achieving what I've always wanted more than anything — something I could have had, if only I'd managed to get myself killed in the war.


Paris Review (Spring 1977)


I want a military funeral when I die — the bugler, the flag on the casket, the ceremonial firing squad, the hallowed ground.... It will be a way of ...

I want a military funeral when I die — the bugler, the flag on the casket, the ceremonial firing squad, the hallowed ground.... It will be a way of ...

I want a military funeral when I die — the bugler, the flag on the casket, the ceremonial firing squad, the hallowed ground.... It will be a way of ...

I want a military funeral when I die — the bugler, the flag on the casket, the ceremonial firing squad, the hallowed ground.... It will be a way of ...