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William P Bussey Member
since 2000-02-26
Posts 188 |
SMALL TREES The snow was deep on the mountains, only by trail could we go, It was Dec. 1951, by now I had had, my fill of snow. Down the ridge we went, another patrol, at least it wasn't at night, The Corps, in its wisdom, had sent us out to see if we could find a fight. That had never been a problem, it wouldn't be different today, But when your in the Corps, you don't ask, just do, besides, I had no say. Now I don't recall who had that patrol, probably Sgt. Madrid, All I do know, is those gooks were right on us, they watched ever thing we did. We were drawing fire from the time we left our lines, all the way to the valley below, Bill White sat down beside me, and as we lit a smoke, a string of bullets carressed the snow. Well now we had our fight, but the Sgt. said back up the hill,no problem for me, The fire was coming from a concealed position, where, no one could see. By now we were getting mortor fire along with small arms, things were getting hot, The next move by me, proved that, a rocket scientist, I was not. I had thought the Sgt. was dumb, for exposing us that way, But it turned out he wasn't the only fool on that hill this day. As the fire increased around me, I begin to look for cover in all that snow, There were trees out there that looked good to me, so I decided to go. Off that trail I went, headed for a tree, waist deep snow, and a tree smaller than me. They gave me no cover, the others are up over the hill, and I'm all those gooks can see. Fear is a wonderful thing, it gives you a reason to go on, And that machine gunner had me hung out, all alone. Bark flew from the trees, he shot holes in my clothes, I knew I was going to die, Most time when in a bind, I'd pray, I didn't, and to this day I don't know why. I finally made it up and over the top of that hill, I'll never know how, That man had to be the worst shot in Korea, else I wouldn't be here now. I know God was with me that day, or I would never made it out alive, That was only one day of many, worse things happened to me, but in spite of it all, I did survive. I may offend some people with the term "gooks" but if you'd been there it wouldn't. |
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William P Bussey Member
since 2000-02-26
Posts 188 |
sorry I screwed up the format, I'm old |
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Jon Mewett Senior Member
since 2000-03-04
Posts 1304 |
Hey Bill Fear is a wonderful thing,it gives you reason to go on. That is a great line,you have condensed everything into that statement. Here you speak for many 'veterans'across the world. I enjoyed your piece Jon |
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Munda Member Elite
since 1999-10-08
Posts 3544The Hague, The Netherlands |
I liked this a lot Bill. Good thing I don't know what "gooks" means.  |
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Sasikat Member
since 2000-02-02
Posts 290St. Petersburg, FL |
Bill, I think your descriptions of war are very vivid and paint a good picture for us all. Our veterans are the reason we have the freedom we do now and have all of you to thank for that. Sheila ...the earth and myself are of one mind. The measure of the land and the measure of our bodies are the same........... Joseph, Nez Perce Chief |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
As with all your other writings I have seen this is captivating, Bill. Very well written! Denise |
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rich-pa Member
since 2000-02-07
Posts 317New Orleans, Louisiana |
this was an awesome piece. (mainly because it is non-fiction i think) but it is awesome. and i don't think the word "gook" shoudl be taken offensively used in the context that it is in and considering poetic license. but anyways, keep up th good work. rich-pa |
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William P Bussey Member
since 2000-02-26
Posts 188 |
Thanks rich-pa, yes it is a true story, one of the dumbest things I ever did, but god protects fools. The term gook, We who were there call them that, I guess it is all from what ever your perspective is, mabe if your doing business with them, they are one thing, but if they are trying to kill you, their a gook, I am sorry, I lost members of my family, friends I would die for, that I still see today, I haven't forgotten, Not even a little bit, Pearl Harbor is still fresh in my mind, I feel that to many have forgotten to much, To much money involved .... Well at least you folks have a little more insight to my make up...bill |
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David2 Member
since 2000-03-22
Posts 407 |
I enjoyed your piece, thank you. David2 |
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StarrGazer Senior Member
since 2000-03-05
Posts 679Texas |
William this was great the imagery was so vivid good job  "A poet is one who spends a lifetime standing out in thunderstorms, waiting to be hit by lightning" ~Randal Jarrell~ |
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childomine Senior Member
since 2000-01-25
Posts 818st. petersburg, FL |
Bill - Format?? What's that?? You write from the heart, speaking of things that some of us know little about. And when you write of these things I come away with more knowledge and understanding. Thank you for that. < !signature-->...Give me the strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is.... Black Eagle Oglala Sioux holy man [This message has been edited by childomine (edited 03-23-2000).] |
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