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The One Day War Judith Soloway

Good morning, fellow Americans. Welcome to the One Day War. WCDW will be your eye s and ears for today bringing you live coverage of a momentous day in our history. As part of our bicentennial celebration of the Civil War, we are proud to participate in Professor Brainard’s proj ect, the One Day War I’m sure there isn’t an American out there who hasn’t heard of the project. It has been the most talked about subject in our country for many months. Now the great day, April 9, 2065, is h ere, and we are all part of it. The weather is perfect and visibility is excellent. There isn’t a cloud overhead; the sky is bl ue and clear. From our place here on the grandstand, we have a perfect vantage point. While we are waiting, we’ve arranged an exclusive interview with Professor Brainard, father of the One Da y War. -Professor, I know how busy you are supervising this enormous undertaking, and we appre ciate your giving us an interview. To begin with, could you give us some background informatio n about the project? -I am very please to speak with you. At this point, the project is rolling along according to s chedule, and I am here to advise on any problems that may arise. You asked for some backgroun d. Well, as you may know, I’m considered an expert on the Civil War, and I was asked to plan a bicentennial celebration.. One disturbing aspect of the Civil War, like any other war, was how ex pensive and inefficient it was. Using our modern day technology, we are able to reconstruct one battle that is the equivalent of all the battles fought during the entire war! The major expenses in any war involve the movement of troops and machinery, medical equipment and personnel, and burial expenses. Doing all this during wartime is difficult, expensive, and inefficient. Given our c ultural and scientific development these past two hundred years, there was no reason we couldn’t produce the same effect at a fraction of the cost. The most brilliant part of the plan was the most obvious: why not bury the soldiers right on the battlefield and eliminate a lot of cost and trouble? The battlefield becomes the cemetery. Once we settles on this idea, the other details fell into plac e. An assembly line procedure was adopted. The computer chose the soldiers. We hired diggi ng crews, masons, gardeners, and florists. We saved a tremendous amount of money by not needi ng any war machinery except for one revolver per soldier. Naturally, there was no need for medi cal teams and supplies. The families of the soldiers knew well in advance, so they could plan acc ordingly and put their personal affairs in order. -Did you encounter any difficulties with the plan? -A little, at first. Some of Congress thought the plan was inhumane. I explained t o them that the net result was the same as waging the war for four years at a greater expense and inconvenience to the general population. Moreover, there would be no involvement with civilian s whatsoever ? no attacks, no burning of houses, no families killed by marauding soldiers. They a greed unanimously that my plan was safer, more efficient and more humane that the Civil War. We did encounter a strong objection form the Western Union lobby in Washington. They would be losing revenue from the telegrams usually sent to the families of the soldiers. We work ed out an agreement allowing the company to manufacture the small American flags that will be given to each family. And now, Professor Brainard, after months of planning, your project is about to become a r eality. Thank you, Professor. I know I speak for the entire nation when I salute you as a remarka ble man and a true patriot.

It’s 8:30, and we are almost ready for the project to get under way. Before us on this imme nse battlefield, stretched out for miles, are the two opposing armies. The soldiers stand at attentio n in neat rows, an army of blue facing an army of gray. They stand very still like marble statues. On our left, we can see the digging machines and their crews waiting silently. Behind them are th e masons and gardeners. On our right, we can see the florists. Here in the grandstand are all the dignitaries: the President, Vice President, Speaker of the House, Senate Majority Leader, of the Cabinet, the Supreme Court Justices and represe ntatives of the Armed Forces. We all rise for our National Anthem. The President approaches the podium. When he gives the signal, the band will play Taps, and on the last note of the Taps, watch the soldiers. With military precision, each man withdraws his pistol, places it to his temple, and in uniso n 204,000 shots ring out. The noise is deafening like a huge explosion. Gunsmoke fills the air. T he sky is now gray as if a strom has suddenly blown in. The field is very quiet. The rows of gray and blue fallen bodies are now irregular. I guess it’s hard to plan a perfect fall even with intensiv e training and devotion to one’s country. The soldiers have done their part. Now it’s time for the rest of the team to go to work. The grandstand viewers file out of their seats and into the waiting limousines. The Presiden t shakes Professor Brainard’s hand. As the last officials leave, the digging machines and their cre ws move onto the field. They work from left to right digging each trench, burying each body, and leveling the ground. The stone masons follow. They place a stone at each soldier’s grave. Every stone has already been engraved with the soldier’s name and dates of birth and death. The crews work efficiently, row after row. The landscapers follow the masons. They place strips of sod over the newly dug earth. Now the florists unload their trucks and put fresh floral bouquets on each gr ave. We are watching the final phase of the One Day War. The digging crews have left the field , the masons have gone, the florists are leaving, and the buses of widows and orphans are arrivin g. All the families of the soldiers will be here at the same time. They have all been transported he re at government expense. They file out onto the field. The ushers and hostesses, dressed in tuxe dos and long gowns, direct each family to its particular gravesite. Each family receives an identif ication tag and a small American flag. The military band is playing When Johnny Comes Marchi ng Home Again. We all stand at attention as a gentle breeze blows over the field. It is truly amazing what American ingenuity can accomplish. This morning what was an or dinary field has been transformed into a military cemetery. It has been a beautiful day! I’ve been honored to help bring this momentous project into your homes. Yes, it’s been a perfect day. Goo d night, Americans. Sleep well.

‫ گضاسػ هغحمين‬WCDW ‫ ؽجکَ جلْيضيًْي‬.‫عالم! صجخ ثخيش ُوْطٌبى آهشيکبيي! ثَ ثشًبهَ جٌگ يک سّصٍ خْػ آهذيذ‬ ‫ افحخبس داسين کَ دس‬،‫ دس دّيغحويي عبلگشد جٌگ داخلي‬.‫هِن جبسيخ آهشيکب سا ثَ عوغ ّ ًظشجبى خْاُذ سعبًذ‬ ِ ‫ايي سّص ثغيبس‬ .‫پشّژٍ پشّفغْسثشيٌبسد ثب ًبم جٌگ يک سّصٍ ؽشکث هيکٌين‬ ‫ هبُِبعث کَ دس هْسد ايي ثشًبهَ ثذثُبي صيبدي‬.‫هطوئٌن ُيچ ؽِشًّذي ًيغث کَ چيضي دس هْسد ايي پشّژٍ ًؾٌيذٍ ثبؽذ‬ .‫ فشا سعيذٍ ّ ُوَ هب ثَ ًْػي دس اجشاي ايي ثشًبهَ عِين ُغحين‬،۵۶۰۲ ‫ آّسيل‬۹ ‫ يؼٌي‬،‫ دبال آى سّص هِن‬.‫هيؽٌْين‬

‫ُْا ػبلي ّ کبهالً صبف اعث‪ .‬دحي يک لکَ اثش ُن دس آعوبى آثي ّ آفحبثي ثبالي عشهبى ًيغث‪ .‬اص جبيگبٍ‪ ،‬ديذ ثغيبس خْثي‬ ‫داسين‪ .‬دس فشصحي کَ جب ؽشّع پشّژٍ ثبليغث‪ ،‬هصبدجَاي اخحصبصي ثب پشّفغْس ثشيٌبسد‪ ،‬پبيَگزاس پشّژٍ جٌگ يک‬ ‫سّصٍ جشجيت دادٍاين کَ جْجَ ؽوب سا ثَ آى جلت هيکٌن‪.‬‬ ‫ پشّفغْس‪ ،‬هيداًين کَ ًظبست ثش ايي کبس ػظين چمذس ّلثگيش اعث‪ ّ ،‬اص ايٌکَ ايي فشصث سا دس اخحيبس هب گزاؽحيذ‪،‬‬‫ثغيبس هحؾکشين‪ .‬ثگزاسيذ اثحذا خْاُؼ کٌن اطالػبجي دس هْسد ايي پشّژٍ دس اخحيبسهبى ثگزاسيذ‪.‬‬ ‫ خيلي خْؽذبلن کَ دس ايي هصبدجَ ؽشکث کشدم‪ .‬جب ايي عبػث‪ ،‬پشّژٍ طجك ثشًبهَ پيؼ سفحَ اعث‪ ّ ،‬هي ؽخصبً ثش‬‫اجشاي آى ًظبست داسم جب اگش هؾکلي پيؼ ثيبيذ آى سا ثش طشف کٌين‪ .‬دس هْسد ايي پشّژٍ عئْال کشديذ‪ُ .‬خت‪ُ ،‬وبًطْس کَ‬ ‫هغحذضش ُغحيذ کَ هي سا يکي اص صبدتًظشاى جٌگ داخلي هيداًٌذ ّ ثَ ُويي دليل ُن ثْد کَ اص هي خْاعحٌذ جب‬ ‫هشاعوي ثشاي دّيغحويي عبلگشد ايي جٌگ ثشًبهَسيضي کٌن‪ .‬يکي اص جْاًت آصاس دٌُذٍ جٌگ داخلي‪ ،‬هثل ُوَ جٌگُبي‬ ‫ديگش ايي ثْد کَ ايي جٌگ ُضيٌَ صيبدي ثَ ثبس آّسد ّ چٌذاى ُن هْثش ًجْد‪ .‬ثب اعحفبدٍ اص جکٌْلْژي هذسًي کَ دس دعث‬ ‫داسين‪ ،‬هيجْاًين ًجشدي سا ثبصعبصي کٌين کَ ثشاثش ثب جوبم ًجشدُبي جٌگ داخلي اعث‪.‬‬ ‫هيداًيذ کَ ُضيٌَ ُبي ػوذٍ ُش جٌگ ؽبهل اًحمبل ًيشُّب ّ ادّات جٌگي‪ ،‬ججِيضات ّ پشعٌل پضؽکي‪ُ ّ ،‬ضيٌَُبي جذفيي‬ ‫اعث‪ .‬اًجبم جوبهي ايي اهْس دس صهبى جٌگ اهشي دؽْاس‪ ،‬پشُضيٌَ ّ فبلذ کبسايي اعث‪ .‬ثب جْجَ ثَ پيؾشفثُبي فشٌُگي ّ‬ ‫ػلوي دّيغث عبل گزؽحَ هغلوب ً ايي اهکبى فشاُن ؽذٍ اعث کَ ُوبى جبثيش سا ثب ُضيٌَاي ثَ هشاجت کوحش اص‬ ‫ُضيٌَُبي جٌگ داخلي ايجبد کٌين‪ .‬ػبليجشيي لغوث طشح دس ّالغ ثذيِيجشيي لغوث آى ثْد‪ -‬ايٌکَ چشا اجغبد عشثبصاى سا‬ ‫دس ُوبى ججَِ جٌگ دفي ًکٌين ّ خْدهبى سا اص ؽ ّش آى ُوَ ُضيٌَ ّ صدوث سادث ًکٌين‪ .‬يؼٌي ُوبى هيذاى ًجشد ثَ‬ ‫گْسعحبى ججذيل کٌين! ّلحي ايي هغبلَ سا دل کشدين‪ ،‬جضييبت ديگش طشح ُن خْد ثَ خْد سّؽي ؽذ‪.‬‬ ‫چيضي هثل يک خظ هًْحبژ ثشاي پشّژٍاهبى دس ًظش گشفحين‪ .‬کبهپيْجش عشثبصُب سا اًحخبة کشد‪ .‬جؼذادي گْسکي‪ ،‬ثٌّب‪ ،‬ثبغجبى‬ ‫ّ گلفشّػ اعحخذام کشدين‪ .‬ججِيضات ًظبهي ُن ثَ يک عالح کوشي ثشاي ُش عشثبص خالصَ هيؽْد کَ ثذيي جشجيت‬ ‫جْاًغحين دس ُضيٌَُب ثغيبس صشفَجْيي کٌين‪ .‬طجؼب ً ًيبصي ثَ ججِيضات ّ پشعٌل پضؽکي ُن ًجْد‪ .‬ػالٍّ ثش ايي‪ ،‬خبًْادٍ‬ ‫عشثبصاى اص لجل ُوَ چيض سا هيداًغحٌذ‪ ّ ،‬هيجْاًغحٌذ ثشاي خْد ثشًبهَسيضي کٌٌذ ّ کبسُبي ؽخصيؽبى سا عشّعبهبى‬ ‫ثذٌُذ‪.‬‬ ‫ آيب ثشاي اجشاي طشحجبى ثب هؾکلي هْاجَ ًؾذيذ؟‬‫ دس اثحذا‪ ،‬چشا‪ .‬جؼذادي اص ًوبيٌذگبى کٌگشٍ فکش هيکشدًذ ايي طشح " غيشاًغبًي " اعث‪ّ .‬لي ثشايؾبى جْضيخ دادم کَ‬‫ًحيجَ ايي طشح دليمب ً ثشاثش ثب ًحيجَايغث کَ هيؽذ ثب ساٍ اًذاخحي جٌگي چِبس عبلَ ثب ُضيٌَاي خيلي ثيؾحش ّ ايجبد هؾکالت‬ ‫ػذيذٍ ثشاي هشدم‪ ،‬ثَ دعث آّسد‪ .‬ػالٍّ ثش ايي‪ ،‬غيشًظبهيبى ثَ ُيچْجَ دسگيش ايي جٌگ ًويؽًْذ‪ ًَ ،‬دولَاي ثَ آًِب‬ ‫هيؽْد‪ ًَ ،‬خبًَُبيؾبى سا آجؼ هيصًٌذ‪ ًَ ،‬اهْالؽبى سا غبست هيکٌٌذ ّ ًَ آًِب سا هيکؾٌذ‪ُ .‬وَ ًوبيٌذگبى هحفكالمْل گفحٌذ‬ ‫کَ طشح هي خيلي ايويجش‪ ،‬هْثشجش ّ اًغبًيجش اص جٌگ داخلي اعث‪.‬‬ ‫الثي ّعحشى يًْيْى ُن دس اثحذا ؽذيذاً ثب ايي طشح هخبلف ثْد‪ ،‬چْى دسآهذي سا کَ هيجْاًغث اص هذل اسعبل جلگشام‬ ‫الجحَ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ثشاي خبًْادٍ عشثبصاى ثَ دعث آّسد‪ ،‬اص دعث هيداد‪ّ .‬لي ثبالخشٍ ثب آًِب ثَ جْافك سعيذين جب پشچنُبي کْچکي سا کَ لشاس‬ ‫اعث ثَ خبًْادٍ عشثبصاى ثذُين‪ ،‬ايي ؽشکث جْليذ کٌذ‪.‬‬ ‫ ّ دبال‪ ،‬پشّفغْس ثشيٌبسد‪ ،‬ثؼذ اص هبُِب ثشًبهَسيضي اهشّص لشاس اعث پشّژٍجبى اجشا ؽْد‪ .‬هطوئٌن کَ ُوَ آهشيکبييُب‬‫هثل هي‪ ،‬ؽوب سا يک فشد فْقالؼبدٍ ّ يک ّطيپشعث ّالؼي هيداًٌذ‪.‬‬

‫عبػث ‪ ۰۳:۶‬دليمَ اعث‪ ،‬جمشيجب ً ُوَ چيض ثشاي ؽشّع پشّژٍ آهبدٍ اعث‪ .‬دس همبثل چؾووبى دس ايي هيذاى ػظين‪ ،‬دّ اسجؼ‬ ‫هحخبصن جب هبيلُب سّثشّي ُن صف کؾيذٍاًذ‪ .‬عشثبصاى ثَ دبلث خجشداس دس صفُبي هٌظن ايغحبدٍاًذ‪ -‬اسجؼ آثيپْػ دس‬ ‫همبثل اسجؼ خبکغحشيپْػ‪.‬‬ ‫پ جبيگبٍ هبؽييُبي گْسکي ّ کبسگشاى‬ ‫آًِب ُوچْى هجغوَُبي هشهشي ثيدشکث دس هذل خْد ايغحبدٍاًذ‪ .‬دس عوث چ ِ‬ ‫عش آًِب ثٌبُب ّ ثبغجبىُب ايغحبدٍاًذ‪ .‬دس عوث ساعث جبيگبٍ ُن گل فشّػُب هٌحظشًذ‪.‬‬ ‫عبکث ّ خبهْػ هٌحظشًذ‪ .‬پؾث ِ‬ ‫جوبهي همبهبت هِن کؾْسي ّ لؾکشي دس جبيگبٍ دضْس داسًذ‪ .‬سييظجوِْس‪ ،‬هؼبّى سييظجوِْس‪ ،‬سييظ هجلظ ًوبيٌذگبى‪،‬‬ ‫سُجش اکثشيث عٌب‪ّ ،‬صساي دّلث‪ ،‬لضبت ديْاى ػبلي کؾْس‪ً ّ ،‬وبيٌذگبى ًيشُّبي هغلخ‪.‬‬ ‫ثَ ادحشام عشّد هلي ُوَ اص جب ثشهيخيضين‪ .‬سييظجوِْس پؾث جشيجْى لشاس هيگيشد‪ .‬ثب ػالهث اّ اسکغحش ًظبهي ؽشّع‬ ‫ثَ ًْاخحي هيکٌذ‪ ّ ،‬ثَ ٌُگبم ًْاخحَ ؽذى آخشيي صذاي ؽيپْس ثَ عشثبصُب ًگبٍ کٌيذ‪.‬‬ ‫عشثبصاى ثب ًظن ُش چَ جوبهحش اعلذة خْد سا اص غالف ثيشّى هيکؾٌذ‪ ،‬آى سا سّي ؽميمَُبيؾبى هيگزاسًذ‪ً ّ ،‬بگِبى‬ ‫صذاي ‪ ۵۶۰۶۶۶‬ؽليک يکجب دس فضب طٌيي هياًذاصد‪.‬‬ ‫دّد جفٌگُب ُْا سا پش هيکٌذ‪ .‬آعوبى ثَ لذسي جيشٍ هيؽْد کَ گْيي طْفبًي ثَ پب ؽذٍ اعث‪ .‬هيذاى ًجشد غشق عکْت‬ ‫هيؽْد‪ .‬جغذُبي آثي ّ خبکغحشي ثذّى ًظن سّي صهيي افحبدٍاًذ‪ .‬فکش هيکٌن دحي ثب جؼليوبت کبهل ًظبهي ّ ثب ّجْد دظ‬ ‫ّطيپشعحي ؽذيذ ُن ًويجْاى ثَ عشثبصاى يبد داد کَ ٌُگبم هشدى‪ ،‬هٌظن سّي صهيي ثيبفحٌذ‪ .‬عشثبصُب ًمؼ خْدؽبى سا ايفب‬ ‫کشدًذ‪ .‬دبل ًْثث ثميَ اعث کَ کبسؽبى سا ؽشّع کٌٌذ‪.‬‬ ‫همبهبجي کَ دس جبيگبٍ ًؾغحَاًذ اص جبيؾبى ثلٌذ هيؽًْذ ّ ثَ طشف ليوْصييُبيي کَ دس اًحظبسؽبى ايغحبدٍاًذ‪ ،‬هيسًّذ‪.‬‬ ‫سييظجوِْس دعث پشّفغْس ثشيٌبسد سا ثَ گشهي هيفؾبسد‪ّ .‬لحي آخشيي همبم جبيگبٍ سا جشک هيکٌذ‪ ،‬هبؽييُبي گْسکي ّ‬ ‫کبسگشاى ّاسد هيذاى هيؽًْذ‪ .‬آًِب اص چپ ثَ ساعث دشکث هيکٌٌذ‪ُ ّ ،‬ش لجش سا کَ هي َکٌٌذ‪ ،‬جغذ عشثبصي سا دس آى‬ ‫هيگزاسًذ‪ ّ ،‬صهيي سا صبف هيکٌٌذ‪ .‬ثَ دًجبلؽبى ثٌّبُب ّاسد کبس هيؽًْذ‪ .‬سّي ُش لجش يک عٌگ هيگزاسًذ‪ .‬لجالً ًبم ّ‬ ‫جبسيخ جْلذ ّ هشگ ُش عشثبص سّي عٌگُب دک ؽذٍ اعث‪ُ .‬وَ کبسؽبى سا خيلي خْة اًجبم هيدٌُذ‪ ّ ،‬سديف ثَ سديف‬ ‫جلْ هيسًّذ‪ .‬دبال ًْثث ثبغجبىُبعث‪ .‬آًِب جکَُبي عجضٍ سا سّي صهيٌي کَ لجالً َکٌذٍ ؽذٍ‪ ،‬هيگزاسًذ‪ .‬دبال گلفشّؽبى‬ ‫ثبس کبهيْىُبيؾبى سا خبلي هيکٌٌذ ّ سّي ُش لجش يک دعحَ گل جبصٍ هيگزاسًذ‪.‬‬ ‫دبال ًْثث هيسعذ ثَ آخشيي هشدلَ جٌگ يک سّصٍ‪ .‬گْسکيُب اص هيذاى سفحَاًذ‪ ،‬ثٌّبُب ُن سفحَاًذ‪ ،‬گلفشّػُب ُن داسًذ اص‬ ‫هيذاى ثيشّى هيسًّذ‪ ّ ،‬اجْثْطُبي دبهل صًبى ثيٍْ ّ ثچَُبي يحين عشثبصاى عش هيسعٌذ‪ .‬خبًْادٍ عشثبصاى ُوگي دس يک‬ ‫صهبى دس ايٌجب جوغ هي ؽًْذ‪ُ .‬ضيٌَ ايبة ّ رُبة آًِب سا دّلث هحمجل ؽذٍ اعث‪ .‬آًِب هٌظن ّاسد هيذاى هيؽًْذ‪ .‬ساٌُوبُب ّ‬ ‫هيضثبىُب کَ لجبطُبي سعوي ثَ جي داسًذ ُش خبًْادٍ سا ثَ طشفمجش عشثبصؽبى ساٌُوبيي هيکٌٌذ‪ .‬ثَ ُش خبًْادٍ يک پالک‬ ‫ؽٌبعبيي ّ يک پشچن کْچک آهشيکب هيدٌُذ‪ .‬اسکغحش داسد عشّد ػضاي ًظبهي هيًْاصد‪ُ .‬وَ هب ثَ دبلث خجشداس ايغحبدٍاين‬ ‫ّ ًغين هاليوي هيّصد‪.‬‬ ‫ّالؼب ً ًجْؽ آهشيکبييُب اػجبة آّس اعث‪ .‬چيضي کَ اهشّص صجخ فمظ يک هيذاى ػبدي ثْد ُن ايٌک ثَ يک گْسعحبى ًظبهي‬ ‫ججذيل ؽ ذٍ اعث‪ .‬سّص ثغيبس صيجبيي ثْد! ايي افحخبس سا داؽحن جب ايي پشّژٍ جبسيخي سا ثَ خبًَُبيحبى ثيبّسم‪ .‬ثلَ‪ ،‬سّص‬ ‫هذؾشي ثْد‪ .‬ؽت ثخيش‪ُ ،‬وْطٌبى ػضيض‪ ،‬خْاة خْؽي سا ثشايحبى آسّص هيکٌن‪.‬‬