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Excerpt: I observed two point men take 50-caliber machine weapon bullets to the head and watched the third being grabbed and used behind foe lines. Two of the foe troops, whom we often referred to as gooks, quickly came after me. WHEN I mowed them down with my automated rifle, I crawled backward, away from the foe gunfire, using my helmet to push sand before me when i went, which made it possible to look behind me. But as I looked back, I came to the realization my back-up was no more safe. I observed my entire company falling like dominoes. Medics were operating still left and right, risking their lives to help others with bravery that even the most beautiful soldier couldn't desire to match. Some of the events I witnessed during that point in time were beyond comprehension. I watched a young, courageous dark medic take an 81-millimeter round to his head, and his body instantly turned to smoke cigarettes. Nineteen- and 20-year-olds were crying like children but struggling with like someone possessed raped their sisters. So a lot of things were going through my head at that moment, and in one heartbeat I got stressed with a flashback of my life. This is the account, from point A to B, of my entire life and times amid hell on the planet.
