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T2000: W+24
Progress has been slow. Monk warned us that running two vehicles was guzzling our gas so with great reluctance we siphoned off everything from the tank in "Dale" and filled…
Posted inT2000 Writing Twilight 2000
T2000: W+22
The little things in life make a big difference. We'd just crossed into Germany and pulled into a town called Görlitz. It's beautiful, even now with the smoke blackened towers…
Posted inT2000 Writing Twilight 2000
T2000: W+12
I remember just after I finished Basic, I was late for Guard duty and the SM thought I should work it off in the kitchens. I spent days peeling potatoes,…
Posted inT2000 Writing Twilight 2000
T2000: W+10
W+10 No. That is not the sunrise. We’d been near the town of Luban, not far drom the German border for a few days and was beginning to feel a…
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T2000: W+9
After the fire raged through, we took the UAZ through a small town land on the outskirts of Warsaw. The bushes and trees and grass were still burning. I saw…
Posted inT2000 Writing Twilight 2000
T2000: W+8
I woke at 7 am and padded into the shower. Hot water. Soap. Clean towel. Breakfast. Coffee. I heard a voice calling me. I knew it was the Colonel. And…
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T2000: W Day
The silence is deafening. We were shelled last night. I could hear the pum-pum of guns and the blasts as they landed near. My ears bled from the pressure waves…