Summary Of Soldier X By Don Wulfson

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Imagine going to a foreign country and knowing there is a chance that you will die before you get to fire your weapon. The book soldier X is about exactly that. Written by Don Wulffson, the author of more than forty books, including turtle fright and The upside down ship. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award for his poetry. The main character's name is Eric, he is German but he is also part russian. He knows a decent amount of russian of russian so he got assigned to a special squadron that dealt with russians.
Soon after he is assigned, his and his squadron were sent somewhere near poland. A dark town and many cold body's. Soon we realize war is a cold place, and not a comfortable, you are always having that thought

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