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Originally Posted by T@T
Jesus, was he a newfie by chance?
My uncle tells the story of a newfie named Art who was like that, as they tried to give him medical attention for half his face blown off and two bullet holes in his stomach he suddenly got up and mumbled "Leave me the f%^k alone till I get the fu%kers who shot me, he ran towards a cliff where they found him later..dead, from another round to the chest.
I don't think tough can describe that dude.
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The guy they were talking about last night survived.
It was almost heartbreaking watching these old vets talk because for a brief minute beyond the toughness that they were displaying to this day, you could envision the scared teenagers watching the boats around them getting shelled and hitting mines, feeling the beach slide under the boat and the sound of bullets hitting the ramp.
Then the doors opening into your own personal view of hell.
Some of the quotes that were just really revealing.
"I wish I could tell you what fear is like"
"You see your friends getting blown away and you almost go into a psycosis (sp?) where the only thing that matters is getting the guy that killed your friend"
"You ran past arms and legs and heads, but you just kept going because if you stopped you'd join them"
And the one humorous one
"Jeez a fellow could get killed out here"