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Flags of Our Fathers
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Franklin was granted a furlough after boot camp, as were Mike, Ira, and Harlon after they docked in San Diego.†
Chpt 4. *
We get furloughs starting Monday for 30 long days...I'll get home the fastest way possible.†
Chpt 4.
On his furlough in the booming citrus country, Harlon did some things that Belle and Ed and his friends would never have conceived.†
Chpt 4.
Harlon visited his special girl one afternoon during his furlough; he looked her up at the boarding school in Keene, Texas, where she was completing her senior year.†
Chpt 4.
Hilltop, Kentucky, stirred when their Marine Franklin Sousley arrived home on furlough, proud, with a new focus and direction in his young life.†
Chpt 4.
Mike, Harlon, and Ira reported to the camp at the end of their post-Bougainville furloughs.†
Chpt 5.

Definitions:

(1) (furlough)
a temporary leave from work, duty, or confinement, usually granted by an employer, the military, or an institution

Furloughs are often without pay in private companies, but government workers are sometimes furloughed with pay, especially during shutdowns. A prison furlough is a temporary release from prison, usually for a specific reason, like visiting family or attending a funeral.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Less commonly, Furlough is used as a last name.