We’re all going to Leavenworth!

이러다 우리 모두 레번워스 교도소 간다고!

 

My Dad was in the Army and I was in the Air Force, so you’ll have to forgive me if I don’t use correct Army lingo or ranks. My Dad retired as a full bird and this is his story as he told it to me. He might have been a Lt or Captain at the time. Probably some time in the late 70s-early 80s.

아빠는 육군이었고 난 공군이었기 때문에, 육군 계급이나 용어 틀리면 양해 좀. 아빠는 대령으로 퇴역하셨고, 이건 아빠가 내게 해주신 얘기야. 이 이야기 당시에는 중위거나 대위였을 수도. 시기는 70년대 후반 아니면 80년대 초.

 

Dad’s group was out on a training exercise and one of the rules was you couldn’t leave any trash anywhere. They camped for the night and a piece of trash was found. The sergeant told the guilty soldier to pick it up and dig a hole as punishment. The soldiers decided to make a game of it and took turns to see how much they could dig. My Dad went to his tent and went to sleep.

아빠 부대가 야외훈련 나갔었는데, 쓰레기를 남기면 안된다는 규칙이 있었어. 숙영 도중 쓰레기가 하나 발견됐지. 병장은 범인에게 벌로 쓰레기를 줍고, 구멍을 파라고 지시했어. 병사들은 이걸 놀이로 만들어서, 얼마나 깊이 팔 수 있는지 보려고 교대로 돌아가면서 땅을 파기 시작했어. 아빠는 자기 텐트로 들어가서 잠들었지.

 

When he woke up in the morning he realized they had been digging all night. The hole was so deep they had to lower each person down by a rope. My Dad said when he saw this his ‘asshole puckered’ and he went straight up to the sergeant, grabbed him by the collar and screamed “Get that soldier out of that hole before it collapses around him and we all go to Leavenworth!”

아침에 아빠가 일어났을때, 병사들이 밤새 땅을 팠다는걸 알게 되었어. 구멍이 얼마나 깊었냐면, 한명한명 줄에 매달아서 내려보내야했어.

아빤 이걸 보자마자 심장이 덜컥 내려앉았다고 했어. 당장 병장한테 가서 멱살을 잡으며 소리쳤지 구멍 무너져서 저 병사가 파묻히기 전에 당장 꺼내! 이러다 우리 모두 레번워스 교도소 간다고!”

 

Everyone lived to serve another day.

다행히도 다들 멀쩡히 살아남았어.

 

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