Sights Never Forgotten
Heroes Remember
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It was very much culture shock.
We left in January of 1996 and landed
in Split, Croatia and it was just one
of these beautiful, beautiful cities that
you see in the Mediterranean and
we were there for a couple of days
for orientation training and getting
used to the time zone and then we
jumped in the LAV’s, in the vehicles
and went east and you know as
soon as we started to hit the
war-torn countries, you know, it’s
something to see a house lifted off its
foundation and blown in bits or bodies
on the streets or bodies hanging in
trees or…
you don’t forget those things.
I was young and dumb really
I was more of a camaraderie
type soldier. I felt safe around my
other troops. We always felt safe
in numbers. Was there any one
time where I felt in danger?
Ya, we were sniped at and we had
to deal with Mujahadeen,
the terrorist network a few times.
Landmines were everywhere.
You know you always have to be
vigilant as to what you were doing.
Kids carrying shot guns,
kids carrying rifles.
You never know what you are
going to see through the day.
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