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I got aboard and sat down in my seat．It was going to be a long flight． Around me were some 1 "Where are you headed?" I asked．
"Lakes Air Base．We'll be there for special training, and then to the front．"
After about an hour, an announcement was made that box lunches were 2 for five dollars． The journey would be several hours, and I decided to buy one．
As I 3 for my wallet, I heard a soldier ask his fellows if he would buy lunch．"No, that seems a lot of money for just a box lunch．" I looked around at the other soldiers. 4 were buying lunch．I walked to the back of the plane and 5 the flight attendant a fifty-dollar bill．
"Take a lunch to all those soldiers．" I said．She seized my arms tightly．Her eyes wet with tears, she 6 me, " My son is a soldier in the front．．．it's almost like you are doing it for him．"
Picking up ten boxes, she headed to the soldiers．
After eating, on my way to the rest room I was 7 by a man．"I saw 8 you did and I want to be part of it．" With this, he handed me twenty-five dollars．
Soon after I returned to my seat, I saw the Flight Captain coming, looking at the seat numbers 9 he walked．When he got to my row he stopped, smiled, held out his10 , and said, "I want to 11 your hand．" I stood and took his hand．With a loud voice he said, "I was a soldier．12 , someone bought me a lunch．It was such an act of 13 that I never forgot．" I was a little bit 14 when applause rang out from all of the passengers．These soldiers were giving their all for our country．I could only give them a couple of meals．
Later, when I walked to the front of the plane to stretch my legs, a man 15 another twenty-five dollars in my hand．
When we 16 , I gathered my belongings and started to leave．A man stopped me, put something in my pocket, and walked away 17 a word．Another twenty-five dollars! Seeing the soldiers 18 at the terminal, I walked over to them and handed them seventy-five dollars．As I walked 19 to my car, I prayed for their safe 20 .
