Baccardi
06-04-2004, 17:48
June 5th 1944 hundereds of American C-130 transports struggle through the ground to air defences over Occupyed France. Flack explodes on all sides,tracers fly through the air and Allied planes plumith towards the ground burning. On one of the planes Corporal Travis Doucette slids his trembling fingers over the Garrand on his lap:
"Hey Doucette,we got the Jerries on their toes now" Said Private Singer, his good friend who sat beside him:
"hah..yeah.." Travis stuttered
The Captian at the front of the plane signaled the men to stand:
"30 secounds!!! On your feet men!! everyone makes it to the ground!" He yelled over the roar of the planes engines.
After the Wepon cheak all the men attached their chutes to the Jump cord, the light on the wall turned green. The first few men hopped out the door,Doucette was the last. As he was about to jump the Captian put a hand on his shoulder:
"I'll see you on the ground Corporal...at the DZ(Drop Zone)"
Doucette replyed looking right in the Captians eyes:
"Yes Sir!" then hoped out of the plane,his chute jerked open and slowly he drifted towards fortress Europe.
Upon Touching ground he quickly rolled over feeling for his rifle, he lost it on the jump:
"s***! jesus CHRIST! im gonna get killed down here..why me.." he wisped
He got up off the ground and took out his Colt.45 moving prone across the wet grass of the feild. There was no one else in sight, just afew dead cows laying about. After a short time of creeping around Doucette saw 2 men with their back turned directly in front of him,they were laying down inside a crater. Doucette strained his eyes trying to tell who they were, it was too dark so he decided to take a chance at the call:
"thunder!!"
They both spun around and he got a flash! machine gun fire from a MG-42. He jumped up and started running through the bushes, the sound of chasing footsteps made him run faster. He dashed behind a tree fighting to get a breath, the footsteps jogged right past him! Doucette lunged out and pounced on his attacker with both hands around his neck.
The Man kicked and tryed to bite,screamed in German swinging his fists wildly,Doucette took both sides of the mans head then quickly jerked his head far to the side,there was a crack and the Kraut stopped screaming and kicking. Travis stood up and looked down at the dead man eyes wide open with a terrifyed expression that crossed his face,The cracking of twigs alerted him and back behind the tree he went.
The other Nazi soldier approached loudly:
"hans!! Hallo!!,Hans!!"
Doucette peeked around the tree, the German seen his dead commrade and rushed over looking all around holding a MP-40(submachine gun). Once again Doucette had the element of suprize and came right out of hiding:
"you f****** Kraut!!!" he screamed then opened fire with his Colt
The German started to rise then froze,3 bullets hit him in the back his SMG trigger went off a long burst , the Soldier fell on top of his commrade. Corporal Doucette slowly walked over still holding his wepon out, the German on top winced and started moaning,Travis said:
"hands up!! don't move Jerrie!!!"
The German layed his hands out in front of him slowly rolling over,Travis took the SMG off his arm and started to back away not taking his eyes off the man. The German shouted:
"Amerikan! DOc-tor! please! he..help mee!"
Doucette looked at the mans face, he wasn't older than himself..22. He then replyed:
"you know english??"
The German looked at him and shook his head:
"only little..waa..was study..!please!" Doucette walked over and took the Germans helmet off,then his ammo Y straps and belt:
"you are going to HQ with me..i can't find my unit..but i do have a prisioner for innterigation!"
Travis braced the Kraut on his shoulders and headed for the DZ that he obveiously missed. The German was hanging in there for now, if he just died then it would be a waste of time. two good things came out of it..a new wepon,a Kraut less and one with him.
"Hey Doucette,we got the Jerries on their toes now" Said Private Singer, his good friend who sat beside him:
"hah..yeah.." Travis stuttered
The Captian at the front of the plane signaled the men to stand:
"30 secounds!!! On your feet men!! everyone makes it to the ground!" He yelled over the roar of the planes engines.
After the Wepon cheak all the men attached their chutes to the Jump cord, the light on the wall turned green. The first few men hopped out the door,Doucette was the last. As he was about to jump the Captian put a hand on his shoulder:
"I'll see you on the ground Corporal...at the DZ(Drop Zone)"
Doucette replyed looking right in the Captians eyes:
"Yes Sir!" then hoped out of the plane,his chute jerked open and slowly he drifted towards fortress Europe.
Upon Touching ground he quickly rolled over feeling for his rifle, he lost it on the jump:
"s***! jesus CHRIST! im gonna get killed down here..why me.." he wisped
He got up off the ground and took out his Colt.45 moving prone across the wet grass of the feild. There was no one else in sight, just afew dead cows laying about. After a short time of creeping around Doucette saw 2 men with their back turned directly in front of him,they were laying down inside a crater. Doucette strained his eyes trying to tell who they were, it was too dark so he decided to take a chance at the call:
"thunder!!"
They both spun around and he got a flash! machine gun fire from a MG-42. He jumped up and started running through the bushes, the sound of chasing footsteps made him run faster. He dashed behind a tree fighting to get a breath, the footsteps jogged right past him! Doucette lunged out and pounced on his attacker with both hands around his neck.
The Man kicked and tryed to bite,screamed in German swinging his fists wildly,Doucette took both sides of the mans head then quickly jerked his head far to the side,there was a crack and the Kraut stopped screaming and kicking. Travis stood up and looked down at the dead man eyes wide open with a terrifyed expression that crossed his face,The cracking of twigs alerted him and back behind the tree he went.
The other Nazi soldier approached loudly:
"hans!! Hallo!!,Hans!!"
Doucette peeked around the tree, the German seen his dead commrade and rushed over looking all around holding a MP-40(submachine gun). Once again Doucette had the element of suprize and came right out of hiding:
"you f****** Kraut!!!" he screamed then opened fire with his Colt
The German started to rise then froze,3 bullets hit him in the back his SMG trigger went off a long burst , the Soldier fell on top of his commrade. Corporal Doucette slowly walked over still holding his wepon out, the German on top winced and started moaning,Travis said:
"hands up!! don't move Jerrie!!!"
The German layed his hands out in front of him slowly rolling over,Travis took the SMG off his arm and started to back away not taking his eyes off the man. The German shouted:
"Amerikan! DOc-tor! please! he..help mee!"
Doucette looked at the mans face, he wasn't older than himself..22. He then replyed:
"you know english??"
The German looked at him and shook his head:
"only little..waa..was study..!please!" Doucette walked over and took the Germans helmet off,then his ammo Y straps and belt:
"you are going to HQ with me..i can't find my unit..but i do have a prisioner for innterigation!"
Travis braced the Kraut on his shoulders and headed for the DZ that he obveiously missed. The German was hanging in there for now, if he just died then it would be a waste of time. two good things came out of it..a new wepon,a Kraut less and one with him.