The Storm

"I took a deep breath. I still remember that deep breath after all of these years, Zach. I couldn’t believe we were all alive. We pushed our way with hast through the jungle, with the smell of gunpowder and sulfur still fresh in our nostrils and our uniforms still hot from the intense heat." Gunny broke in and said “I’m glad I didn't have to kill you, Captain. I’d probably have lost a few nights of good sleep!” “Yeah, me too Gunny. I would've had to come back an' haunt you in that good sleep!” They both laughed! I couldn’t believe how they could be so glib about it. I was still in shock, that Gunny’s team was sent in to kill Henry as a matter of mission orders. But there I was with both men who had the power of life and death.

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