The Story Of The Camp - 1401 Words

The camp was lively with shouts of laughter and partying. The Nazis were celebration news that had come in earlier. B regiment had seized a major town in the western region of Poland. But one soldier guarding the east edge of the camp wasn t feeling the mood. He was stuck on guard duty while he could have been down the hill, drinking the night away with his comrades. The commander just had to pick him for patrols. The 38 year old soldier sat on a large boulder. He was dressed in a camouflage coat, dark grey pants, and black combat boots. His bowl shaped helmet lay in the gravel next to him, along with a standard issue M 1 Gorand strung across his back. He put one hand up to his chest and fingered a sliver dog tag. The soldier had picked it up as a souvenir from a fallen American in a battle just a few days before. He closed his blue eyes and chuckled, thinking of the Allied forces fleeing as they beheld the true might of the Axis powers. 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