Shot

Actual Date: May 21, 2010
Historical date: March 20, 1968
Its been a few days since the My Lai Massacre and things have been going downhill sense. I’m still trying to forget some of the images I saw when I went with my unit as back up to My Lai 2. I was on guard duty today, nothing too hard, walk around the perimeter of the camp and make sure no one tries to come charging in. I say I was because about two hours into my shift something hit me. I didn’t feel it at first, I simply felt my body collapsing under me. As I fell the pain shot through me like a rush of blood to the head. I looked down to see a hole through my left knee and Duke, my guard mate, shouting for a medic. We had a rule in the camp, never solute lieutenants cause there were snipers posted all around hoping to pop one. Seems like one was frustrated with waiting and decided to just shoot. I write this on my way to a hospital in Saigon in the back of a jeep. All they could do at the camp was bandage it and give me some drugs for the pain. I haven’t felt anything in my leg for the past hour. (1)