God and me

A big battle was building for the morning. the place was Korea, the hour midnight. It was bitter cold, the temperature below zero. A burly U.S. marine was leaning against a tank eating cold beans out of a can with penknife. A newspaper correspondent watching him was moved to propound a philosophical question: 'Look,' he said, 'if I were God and could give you what you wanted most, what would you ask for?' The marine dug out another penknife of beans, thought reflectively, then said, 'I would ...