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The Embassy Man |
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The "embassy man" had nothing
We chose the mission
Operating on our own
A plantation to take down
Three Blackhawk transports
Packed with ground forces
Escorted by two Apache
Skim across a jungle ridge
A Red Eye rocket's airborne
An Apache is hit
Tumbles
to the ground
Second Apache hit
Missile inbound
Thirty feet from the ground
Blackhawks pulling up
Jump, jump, jump
Hard ground, roll
Blackhawk hit
Scramble for cover
Five of us made it
Bullets
whistle around
Return fire
Everything becomes a blur
Seconds or minutes unknown
Silence
The shooting
has stopped
Secure the area
Contact headquarters
Bodies lay where they fought
How are we? Any
injuries?
A twisted ankle
A few bullets in helmets and
vests
Something we need to see
One of the bodies
A
recognized face
The "embassy man" from briefing
Chop and burn the product
No smiles, all sorrow
There
will be hell to pay
When word gets out
Two
Chinooks settle into the clearing
Soldiers jump out
carrying black bags
Recovery, picking up dead bodies
Not my job, I make them
Blackhawk lands at the base
They are there to meet us
Arm brassards shined
Escorted to the brig
A civilian enters our cell
We
know what happened
It has been classified
Never speak
about it. |
By Mark I. Kirkmeyer
Copyright 2002
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February 17, 2013 |
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About
Author...
Mark Kirkmeyer served as a Light Weapons/Medical Specialist in the U.S. Army (1983-88), the U.S. Army Reserve (1988-1992), and the California National Guard (1992-1995). He is Gulf War Veteran (1991) and served in Korea (1986-87).It is illegal to
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