The only time she had hesitated to fire her gun was when a child was at the end of it, consequently she learned war doesn’t have a face. As time went on, their camp was hit with more mortars, and the convoys were hit with more IEDs ( Improvised Explosive Devices) than ever. When offered the chance to return home, she declined. She wanted to stay and protect her friends. Also there were family problems back home, and she didn’t want to come home to face them. This was the first sign of…
In the book Black Hearts: One Platoon’s Descent into Madness in Iraq’s Triangle of Death, author Jim Frederick explores the events during the deployment of the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division and more specifically the actions of 1st Platoon, Bravo Company. Bravo Company, along with the rest of 1st Battalion faced grueling circumstances of inadequate supplies and personnel, poor living quarters, and a near constant barrage of enemy attacks during their 2005-2006…
He turned a little sideways in his chair to drink his mug of coffee. At the table on his left the man with the strident voice was still talking remorselessly away. A young woman who was perhaps his secretary, and who was sitting with her back to Winston, was listening to him and seemed to be eagerly agreeing with everything that he said. From time to time Winston caught some such remark as 'I think you're so right, I do so agree with you', uttered in a youthful and rather silly feminine voice.…