keon's+story

=__World War 2 Paratrooper...D-Day!__=

"It feels like we've been on this stinking plane for hours," I said sarcastically. This is my first real mission. I joined the army when I graduated from high school. I saw what was happening and I wanted to help out. I joined with my friend Josh. We are flying in a modified B 29 bomber heading for our landing point just behind Omaha beach.We need to take out some artillery that will cause some trouble for our troops on the beach. Then we need to join up with some infantry boys and head into some nearby towns to catch the Germans retreating. That's if all goes to plan of course.We are getting close to our landing point when... BAM, BAM, BAM! Anti aircraft fire rips past our plane,exploding overhead. Looking outside we can see other planes,our friends, disapearing into a red fireball. We were lucky until...BAM! A loud crash followed by a ripping of metal. Our right wing tears off. We go into a spinning dive.I scramble to the door and leap out.I pull my parachute,my eyes are closed shut.When I open them I see the most horrifying and awesome thing I have ever seen. There were planes blowing up left and right. Huge black puffs of smoke explode just over my head. I'm praying for not just me but my friend Josh. We've been friends since grade one.My feet finally hit the ground with a thump! I rip off my parachute and grab my rifle. I look around. I have no idea were I am. I look left and right. I see a couple of parachutes landing to my right. I start sprinting over. All of a sudden a German soilder walks in front of me. We hit each-other and we fall to the ground. We lock eyes and are stunned at what we see. Just as we are a couple more Germans come out of the bushes. They take me to a small room. They throw me in and before they close the door one of them pulls out his pistol. He fires one shot. It goes into my right leg. I clench my leg and rap my shirt around it to stop the bleeding.Hours later there was talking outside the room. I can't tell what language though. The door opens. Four american soilders were standing in the doorway.They take me to a medic who later transports me to a medical ship. When I was in the ship a nurse told me that the war is over for me.I feel happiness but I am also worried about my friend.