In the year 1942 the US army officials opened up ot the public about a new regiment within the army, the paratroopers, they were said to be the men who would be dropped behind enemy lines from a plane and only the bravest men would sign up to take p...
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"The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything." – Frank Sinatra
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In Springfield you could usually find Eileen in a bookstore reading, trying to grasp onto the fiction stories that were written into the pages. Hoping for her happy ever after. Eileen was scared of hurt, pain and trust. Dating guys had hurt her too much over the years and now she was cold to love. The only people she could love now was her parents. Her father often took her hunting with him and secretly he would teach her things he learnt during The Great War.
To her peers, she was weird. Obsessed with fairytales and fantasies. Literature was something she adored deeply, she had studied it in college for a year before the letter came in the mail to her parents. Her father was beyond happy that his daughter was smart enough and lucky enough to be picked. Whilst he feared for her safety he was proud to have his children fighting for his country when he couldn't do it.
Both her older brothers were tough guys. They had proved that more than once. Both were protective of their baby sister and when she brought home with her a rude guy they had not been afraid to show him some respect before kicking him out their home when he had made her cry. So when they signed up for the war they had left her behind, she prayed for their safety constantly asking God to watch over them and protect them.
Eileen had been trained by her father often. Sometimes he would do army drills and prepare his sons to fight in a possible war and often Eileen would join in, stating that she wanted to also learn it. Since she was around eleven years old she wanted to make her life her own story. A mindset of not wanting to follow society and path out her own life the way she wanted to. So when she was offered something that could change the lives of not only women but men too, she instantly knew what she was doing.
Being presented with a life changing oppotunity gave Eileen some hope in life as she had been so lost in what she wanted to do for so long. When she sent back her letter accepting the offer, anticipation rose in her. It was getting harder and harder to wait for the date to arrive where she would set out. Her whole life she knew she would do something so extraordinary and now it was her time to shine.
It was time foor her to leave the nest and spread her wings, so Eileen bid her parents a farewell before she hopped on the train.
