ipl-logo

One Shot Narrative

3065 Words13 Pages

If I should lose you: One Shot *Fiction very loosely based on a historical event *This event was randomly picked, no personal views involved. Year: 1991 Month: January Date: 17 Time: 0500 hours Location: Kuwait Gulf War: Op?ration Daguet ?Lauu!? I briefly looked away from my moving targets in panic. He moved away from me again. We were under attack and have been in intense combat with the other forces for the last thirty-nine hours. I felt his presence slide near me as he laid on the ground next to my right foot. Hoisting his gun through one of the openings to the barricade that our brigade made from bags of sand and mud. He roughly hit my calf muscle to remind me that I was in the midst of crossfire and that I needed to get my head back in the game. I turned …show more content…

I looked down at my watch ?We should have an air strike coming in exactly ten minutes!? He nodded as he reloaded again. ?These fuckers are relentless and it looks like they are moving closer, we have to do something!? I knew that he was thinking of doing something crazy as usual. ?No Lau! Hold your fucking post!? I didn?t care if he was my superior in that moment; he was my brother first and I was here to protect him. He looked behind him to the heavy duty machine gun that was currently perched atop of our fort, unoccupied. ?Cover me? He requested as he began to move towards it. ?Lau!? I yelled in vain, even as I covered him. As soon as he made it, I felt a pang of relief in my heart. The weapon was already loaded, so he immediately began to open fire on our enemy. I must admit, his fire power mixed with ours pushed them back a little. I was notified by one of the Legionnaires that our air strike would be two minutes behind schedule due to an enemy attack. I was more than ever grateful for my brother?s quick thinking skills. Not too long after two French airplanes flew above our heads. ?Take

Show More
Related

  • Staff Sargent Jimmy Stewart Essay

    409 Words  | 2 Pages

    Stewart elected to hold his ground to protect his fallen comrades and prevent an enemy penetration of the company perimeter. As the full force of the platoon-sized man attack struck his lone position, he fought like a man possessed; emptying magazine after magazine at the determined, on-charging enemy. The enemy drove almost to his position and hurled grenades, but S/Sgt. Stewart decimated them by retrieving and throwing the grenades back. Exhausting his ammunition, he crawled under intense fire to his wounded team members and collected ammunition that they were unable to use.

    Read More

  • The Red Prince Monologue Analysis

    1969 Words  | 8 Pages

    Scene 1-contact Director-Hello,this is the movie the red prince. This is a story of an assassin. Hope you enjoy. Narrator-On a warm summer evening the a strange man walks into a dark and small room.

    Read More

  • SGT-Personal Narrative

    345 Words  | 2 Pages

    I turned my Taser on and pointed the red lasers at the male. SGT. Barrett again commanded the male to put his hands on the door frame a couple more times. SGT. Barrett advised me to deploy my Taser on the male.

    Read More

  • Jefferson's Fight-Personal Narrative

    870 Words  | 4 Pages

    men may have had a small altercation every now and then, he was always able to regain control of them in just few minutes. Sgt. Jefferson was hiking through the snowy mountains of Afghanistan with his small troop of ten men, they were the most elite soldiers in the US Military. There was another man traveling with Sgt.

    Read More

  • Research Paper On If I Die In A Combat Zone

    997 Words  | 4 Pages

    Final Term Paper: If I Die in a Combat Zone… “Can the foot soldier teach anything important about war, merely for having been there? I think not. He can tell war stories.” -Tim

    Read More

  • Gavin Barone: A Short Story

    1503 Words  | 7 Pages

    Jason was strong. I wasn’t sure how he got that way. Maybe because he had to handle everything by himself, but that wouldn’t make sense. He never learned how to be strong. He just was.

    Read More

  • War In The Things They Carried, By Tim O Brien

    1103 Words  | 5 Pages

    Between the danger of firefights, the suspense of night raids, and the explosions of mortar strikes soldiers experience many near-death experiences. These experiences, however, give soldiers an irreplaceable rush of adrenaline and endorphins. Throughout the novel “The Things They Carried,” Tim O’Brien uses many different stories from his friends and his time fighting in Vietnam to illustrate the ups and downs of war and the effect it has on those involved. Through the use of different perspectives, he is able to give the full Vietnam experience ranging from the fun with group members to witnessing the death of a close friend. In The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien illustrates how war can give soldiers a feeling of belonging, camaraderie, and

    Read More

  • Personal Narrative: All Quiet On The Western Front

    733 Words  | 3 Pages

    The men described hours of waiting and crawling along trenches. When the firing began, one can only pray that nobody got hit.

    Read More

  • Shot Me Narrative

    952 Words  | 4 Pages

    Slender Man told me to do it. Two 12 year old girls from Wisconsin stabbed her friend 19 times in the woods then left there, she crawled to the road and someone called the police when they saw her. When the police asked them why they did it, they just said Slender Man told me to. Those girls are now in jail and even though their story seemed ridiculous, they still stick with it today.

    Read More

  • Key Events That Led Up To The American Revolution

    872 Words  | 4 Pages

    They began to shout at the soldiers, daring them to fire. Captain Preston then arrived and tried to get the crowd to disperse. Unfortunately, an object thrown from the crowd struck one of the soldiers, Private Montgomery, and knocked him down. He fired into the crowd. After a few seconds of stunned silence, a number of other soldiers fired into the crowd as well.

    Read More

  • Pros And Cons On The Colony Of Boston

    540 Words  | 3 Pages

    Finally, we have the most important witness of them all. Captain Preston. He declares he didn’t say fire, but clearly, I state, “Don’t Fire”. “My soldiers are young and inexperienced, they acted out of self defence for they were just simply, very scared. It’s like this, would you blame a baby for crying if it’s was scared?

    Read More

  • Why Was D Day Important

    1117 Words  | 5 Pages

    To fully understand the importance of D-Day one must understand the battle from all aspects. As all of America knows D-Day, or “Operation Overlord”, was executed on June 6th, 1944. However, this was not the initial set date. Originally, the set date was for May

    Read More

  • How Did Captain Thomas Contribute To The Boston Massacre

    1075 Words  | 5 Pages

    On March 5, 1770, three men died of gunshot wounds and two others died from their injuries. The events leading to their deaths are crucial to understand. Great Britain had stationed soldiers in Boston to enforce laws and defend protests. The colonists were resisting the British laws because Britain had been enforcing taxes created by the British Parliament in which the Colonies had no representation. Tension between the colonists and soldiers erupted on the night of March 5.

    Read More

  • Impression And Violence In 'The Sniper'

    506 Words  | 3 Pages

    After staging his own death, the enemy sniper moves out into the open, a clear and easy shot. “Then, when the smoke cleared, [the sniper] peered across and uttered a cry of joy.” “The sniper looked at his enemy falling.” “Then the sniper turned over the death body, and looked into the face of his brother. I regret his actions.

    Read More

  • Personal Narrative: My First American Civil War

    432 Words  | 2 Pages

    The day went by surprisingly quickly. I did long tiring drills while standing in the hot sun. The more I thought and dreaded the battle, the faster it came. Before I realized, I was standing in the front lines ready to fire away. However, before I blindly shot at my enemies, something painful stopped me.

    Read More

More about One Shot Narrative

Open Document