Have Words Will Write
Sgt. Collins looked down at his watch and back at his men. “Did any of you have lunch?” “Are you kidding?” Mick snapped. “Peanut butter on stale bread is not a meal by any stretch of the imagination.” “Well, let’s take a little hike.” Sgt. Collins motioned toward the front door. “The mess hall won’t …
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Sgt. Collins felt awkward and alone as he walked to the mess hall with a cigar hanging from his mouth. Other soldiers eyed him, for he was next to the last to go through the mess hall line. Sgt. Collins didn’t take out his cigar as he approached the table where a lonely private was …
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I’m always up for a good detective murder mystery. Especially, if it gives me a new twist on an established formula. When I saw the trailer to The Sheep Detectives I wanted to watch it. I count it as a privilege when I was able to get tickets to a Thursday showing of The Sheep …
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Standing in the doorway of the hooch, he felt at odds with himself. Over the past few months, he has changed identities. Born and raised as Curtis Mathis. The only way he could fulfill his dream of getting in the military, he took on the identity of Carl Daniels. What set him on this confusing …
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Several weeks ago, I was honored when Dan Cada asked me to put together a slide show about his experience as a modern day prospector. During my time of putting the photos together I learn a great deal about what it takes to find a little gold. Instead of leaving a generic slide show I …
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The nurse put an ace bandage on Capt. Phillips’ wrist. Otherwise, he only had a few minor cuts and bruises. He was given a driver to take him back to Central Command North. Another nurse put five stitches in the new Sgt. Collins shoulder and bandaged it. She then made the comment, “You’re lucky. Since …
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A warm feeling of satisfaction filled Carl’s insides. He had achieved the first real ambitious dream he ever had. He stood in a remote village of Vietnam as a member of a military squad doing good. His squad just delivered needed supplies to a forward base. They were waiting for the arrival of two children …
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After lunch on the next day, Sgt. Jake Collins assembled the fourth squad behind the hooch. The area doubled as a meeting place and a hangout during downtime. It consisted of makeshift chairs in a circle and what resembled a picnic table. Sgt. Collins asked Mike for a report on how the newest member fared …
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The rows of huts called hooches lined the western border of the base. Those assigned to the hooches were squads that had dual responsibilities. When those units were not doing search and destroy missions, they provided security for the western border of the military complex at Da Nang. Two squads provided support for other missions. …
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Private Carl Daniels flinched every time his wounds from the MP’s nightstick encountered any part of his holding cell. Carl pushed the pain out of his mind by critiquing his accommodations at the Da Nang stockade with the holding cells back in the States. He concluded neither one was designed for comfort. Since he neared …
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