JMJ

Monday, June 21, 2010

Three short narratives

Dear Readers  Just a couplwe of short (very short) narratives..,,Phillip Meyer S/sgt Ret...
                                                                          JMJ
Kumwah,North Korea
"L" co.5th RCT 24th Div.
Phillip Meyer S/sgt
                                                                   The priest on the Hill
   In those first couple of months on the hill. Something unusual ,One day the sgt said there was a priest down the ridge line.So a couple of took off.Soon we came to a clearing and there was our Chaplain.
He said I do not have time for Confessions.So he gave us a general absolution, Then he gave Holy Communion to each of us...And that was it he was on his way down the hill to help other troops,

                                                                       Special patrol
This patrol happened as we were moving to new positions,We were passing across a hill and officers were looking through special telescopes on enemy positions,,As we kept going we came to end of a ridge line ,As we got close to that point we were told that spot was being fired on by a sniper.So the sgt said move real fast.We all ran past that spot..Then the patrol..I mean it was a very ordinary patrol..but then we came to a ridge line..overlooking a big valley,Then it all changed,I followed the Sgt. And look down the hill.On the right a tunnel and Chinese tanks..When the Sgt,saw that he gave the order to go back to our positions immeatdly If we had been spotted those  tanks would have been firing on us..

                                                                       Lost,,,,,,,
Again we were moving out to a new position, We came to a spot on top of the hill and stopped. 1st Platoon moved out,,,Second platoon moved out the sun was going down..By the time third platoon moved out I had gone through stuff I was carrying and seeing how light I could make what I was carrying. When third platoon moved out.It started to rain.It was rainng hard so the 4th Platoon (My platoon) started down the hill in the rain and dark,The Sgt said go to the left we moved off the ridge line I slipped in the mud and my rifle strap broke..Then the Sgt said those famous words."We are lost"We got back up on the path and headed down the hill.When we reach the bottom the Sgt said make a circle I ended up sitting on the side of the hill.
The rain was pouring down and underneath me a stream of water was flowing.At one point we saw each side firing tracers from a machine gun fire on a hill, On the left the Chinese position and on the right the American,,So the night and the morning passed the rain poring down on us..As I sat there somehow I fell asleep.,In the morning the rain stopped.We look to our front there were the two hills that had fired on each other,We started walking and we had to go across a flooded stream walking towards the American position.
As we went up the hill a Sgt met us,,we kept slipping in the mud.By the time we got our position we were muddy wet..How I ever fell asleep in that rain,,It was one of the hardest nights I ever had,,but then came the snow,,,.........................Phillip Meyer S/sgt Ret