{"id":2053,"date":"2009-07-31T14:06:42","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T18:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/encuentroalsur.com\/?p=2053"},"modified":"2009-08-03T10:52:54","modified_gmt":"2009-08-03T14:52:54","slug":"csm-eulogio-edwin-ferrer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/encuentroalsur.com\/?p=2053","title":{"rendered":"CSM Eulogio \/ Edwin Ferrer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-size:x-small;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encuentroalsur.com\/files\/2009\/07\/sargento-mayor.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3923\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/encuentroalsur.com\/?attachment_id=3923\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encuentroalsur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/sargento-mayor.jpg?fit=61%2C114&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"61,114\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sargento mayor\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encuentroalsur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/sargento-mayor.jpg?fit=61%2C114&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3923 alignleft\" title=\"Sargento mayor\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encuentroalsur.com\/files\/2009\/07\/sargento-mayor.jpg?resize=59%2C94\" alt=\"Sargento mayor\" width=\"59\" height=\"94\" \/><\/a>Hab\u00eda\u00a0 llegado hasta el \u00faltimo escalaf\u00f3n de los sargentos.\u00a0 Despu\u00e9s que le prendieron el rango\u00a0en\u00a0el cuello\u00a0de su fatiga, se sinti\u00f3 el soldado m\u00e1s poderoso de la tierra. En palabras militares: \u201cLa v\u00e9rtebra que sostiene al ej\u00e9rcito\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Atemorizaba a sus subordinados con s\u00f3lo mirarlos a una distancia de m\u00e1s de seis pies, en la escala de sus reacciones bipolares, disimuladas dentro de su uniforme de camuflaje.\u00a0 Cambiaba, como un sem\u00e1foro, aunque s\u00f3lo de amarillo a rojo.<\/p>\n<p>Trataba a los\u00a0 soldados, a sus esposas e hijos con desd\u00e9n. Siempre que contemplaba su rostro en el espejo, rug\u00eda, porque ahora no era hijo del coqu\u00ed, sino un tigre de bengala.<\/p>\n<p>Casi obligado a odiar a su propia bandera, su patria y su fe, se recreaba con la \u00e9lite de las rayas y para \u00e9l, el mundo entero era un gusarapo. Jam\u00e1s quiso hablar su lenguaje a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s\u00a0 que lo promovieron.<\/p>\n<p>Su peor enemigo era su propia conciencia. En ella s\u00f3lo ve\u00eda presagios de derrotas, la angustia de sus d\u00edas y la fuerte humillaci\u00f3n del belicoso hueste que le concedi\u00f3 su ascenso.<\/p>\n<p>Cuando se retir\u00f3, tambi\u00e9n lo hizo su esposa, sus hijos, sus amigos y su fortuna.<\/p>\n<p>Un d\u00eda, caminando por el parque, la polic\u00eda lo detuvo enrollado como un pulpo fuera del agua, cubri\u00e9ndose,\u00a0 semidesnudo, con un cart\u00f3n que le\u00eda:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>&#8220;Veterano de Vietnam,\u00a0 trabajo por comida&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u00a9Edwin Ferrer 4\/30\/2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hab\u00eda\u00a0 llegado hasta el \u00faltimo escalaf\u00f3n de los sargentos.\u00a0 Despu\u00e9s que le prendieron el rango\u00a0en\u00a0el cuello\u00a0de su fatiga, se sinti\u00f3 el soldado m\u00e1s poderoso de la tierra. En palabras militares: \u201cLa v\u00e9rtebra que sostiene al ej\u00e9rcito\u201d. Atemorizaba a sus subordinados con s\u00f3lo mirarlos a una distancia de m\u00e1s de seis pies, en la escala de [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5533328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12989956,13499607],"tags":[2083,871788,1196367],"class_list":["post-2053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plaza-de-los-cuenteros","category-recreando-vivencias","tag-cuentos","tag-soldados","tag-veteranos","has-post-thumbnail","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pmbkf-x7","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/encuentroalsur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/encuentroalsur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/encuentroalsur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/encuentroalsur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5533328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/encuentroalsur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2053"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/encuentroalsur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3963,"href":"https:\/\/encuentroalsur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2053\/revisions\/3963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/encuentroalsur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/encuentroalsur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/encuentroalsur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}