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Desert Storm

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I remember the heat...and I remember everyone looking at AK 47 's that we had found that were left behind. There was an antiaircraft gun, and I thought it looked familiar; like the old guns and tanks back at Bragg on Long Street. I knew the mission?but we were providing security to the sappers and I was providing medical support. So we were all just looking around monitoring the radio and waiting for orders. I don?t think anyone knew what to expect at that time. Then it happened so fast, it was a blinding light and blast so loud that it shook me to the core. I thought we were being bombed and so I hit the ground, as did almost everyone else. And then, the screams for Medic Medic started and that was the start of reality that I was not ready for. It was me, and Pfc. Steven Smith from New York, we now stood faced with 7 dead soldiers that we lived with and who confided in us. I will never forget what those soldiers looked like, and how I felt knowing that there was nothing that I co ...More

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