THE TERMINAL PRIVATE

The Terminal Private by Carl Milo Pergolizzi, ISBN 9780828320559, 230 pages “,,, I have been waiting until the very last movement to put on these damn costume shoes. They’re much too small and tight but they were the best we could get. “As I bent down to begin the painful pulling and squeezing, I suddenly recalled another pair of ill-fitting shoes that I was compelled to wear a long, long time ago…” Thus begins the military autobiography of Carl Milo Pergolizzi, of his days as a private or solider drafted into the U.S. Army. He recounts his many adventures and misadventures as a misfit, and does so with humor accompanied by occasional sarcasm. In the end, he is honorably discharged. His experience, like those of many million active duty soldiers, has remained with him, and is as vivid today as it was while faithfully serving Uncle Sam.