6am and waiting for Charlie and we will go north.
In Gulf War I was out of bombers and helping run a C-130 squadron. We had a night offload in Saudi and then we were told we had expedited passengers and return cargo. On came our passengers ( pax). One was a young Marine coming back to Aviano then change planes to Frankfurt. He had been behind the berms in southern Kuwait watching the power and light show, hearing explosions. They had advanced to the Iraqi trenches and wire and mine defenses then the Marine charge order came, lead by the sergeants and Lts. Gunships were firing, explosions all around. The Marine said he felt himself lifted by an explosion but knew he had to advance so he kept running until he felt himself sinking lower and lower on one side and fell over. He looked down and saw that his foot had been blown off by a mine.
So this is Veterans Day, and these young men have risen for our country time and time again, and will carry on.
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