D-Day, Your Army Experience

June 5th, 1944
Mid-aftertnoon your sitting on your bunk, looking at a photo of your daughter and your wife. You miss them alot, wishing you were with them. "Listen up!" said Lt. Colonel James Rudder, catching your attention. Everyone froze on what they were doing and looked at Lt. Colonel Rudder. "All of you Rangers will be deployed tomarrow. An hour after the first wave of soldiers deployed on the beach." he said in a mild tone. "Be ready at 0530, can i get a hoo-ahh?" he said. "Hoo-ah!" Dog Company yelled out. Everyone went back into what they were doing. You laid down on your bunk, staring at the ceiling. Ranger Garcia, one of your best friends, came up to you. "Whats up with the fown, bro?" he said. "Nothing, I just miss my family at home." you said in a mild tone. "Yea, I do too, bro." he said.
Few hours later, everyone asleep in their bunks, your still awake. Your remembering all of the great times you had with your wife and daughter. You can't sleep at all, hoping and praying to God that you survive the raid tomarrow. You wish you didnt join the army at all. This night was one of the longest nights you ever had. You turned to your side and closed your eyes, thinking of your daughter.

June 6th, 1944
Its 0630, the first wave of soldiers were sent. You are about to go on Omaha Beach. Checking on your gun, making sure your loaded up and everything. An hour pasts and your heading torwards the beach already. You coming closer and closer. Your looking around and you see all of your Company sitting in the boat, with their guns held tight near their chest. Everyone ready to fight, Ranger Garcia comes and sits next to you. "I got your back through, the whole way, bro." he yelled, grabing your shoulder. "Lets go!" you said in motivation. The thought of your daughter taking her first steps made you stare off to space. Garcia pushing you, "Lets GO! Get out of the boat!" You didnt notice that you landed on the beach. You got up and started to sprint to cover. Garcia was behind you, running and shooting. He fell and for a quick second you turned back and got him quickly back up on his feet. Bullets flying everywhere, all you hear is gun shots, yelling, and people dying. It is not the greatest thing you heard, but all you worried about is to get to your objective. Finally getting to a German Bunker, you start to shoot German resistance. Your Company conquering the German bunker, started to go more inland to your final objective, which was to clear a house. You and your Company was in an open feild of grass, with the house in sight. The house was two stories and all the windows were closed, it looked untouched, abandoned. Getting closer and closer to the house. A Sniper shoots Ranger Garcia, that is right next to you. "Sniper!!" one of the soldiers yelled. Everyone dropped and went into low crawl torwards a trench that was near. "Cover fire!" you ordering the other soldiers. Your Company shooting at the house, you picked up Ranger Garcia and brought him into the trench. He isn't responding, your checking his body to see where he was shot, finally nothicing he was shot in the middle of his head. Not noticing that the Company is still shooting you fall back not beleiving that your best friend died next to you. You pick up your rifle, looking at Ranger Garcias dead body and finally focused on your objective. You and your Company went torwards the house cautiously. You and your Company clearing the house.
Everyone clearing rooms, you came to a room that was closed. You kicked the door down. Looking down your sights, a German Sniper comes out of the corner and tackles you. You dropped your rifle and you go into hand to hand combat, which you were an expert at. Fighting him and punching him as hard as you can. Blood coming out of his nose, he punched you. He took out his knife, about to stabb you in the chest you stop him. Fight with all of your strength the knife came closer and closer to your chest. Your wondering where everyone else is at, and that you can use their help. You hear a gun shot, the German Sniper dies. You thorw him off you. Ranger Price shot him, he helps you up. "Thanks man," you said in releif, picking up your rifle off the ground. You and your Company cleared the house, you were finshed with your objective and that you can go home.

June 7th, 1944
Your finally going home. After this what you experienced, you don't ever want to be in the army ever anymore. This was your last mission. Losing your best friend that you grew up with made you think. You literaly came close to death. You feel acomplished for what you did and you wondered why you joined the army. It is not the greatet, like you thought years ago. You thought you will come back with pride, which you did, but you also came back with your best friend dying. Joining the army isn't what you thought it was going to be.