Forest Green
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Hi. I am a writer with some years of experiences, although I am still working out the progress in my work. I make different types of stories that I hope many will enjoy. I also appreciate tips, and would like my stories should be noticed.
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Big Gray Walls 2
Ed jumped out the foxhole with his rifle because he thought he heard enemy soldiers fired at them. Al heard several shots coming from different directions while sitting in the foxhole by himself. Leaving the foxhole himself, Al walked up to one of his fellow men. “Where did he go?” Al asked the man. “Who?” “Private Graham. He had left a few minutes ago and said he was coming back. Where did he go?” No one else knew where Ed had gone until less than a week after the battle was over. Several soldiers found Ed's body in an underground cave and they were devastated to see how he looked. After Ed left the foxhole that night he ran into a few enemy soldiers. They all fired at each other but he was the only one left standing. He managed to walk despite being shot once in his upper left leg and again in the stomach. Ed encountered another two enemy soldiers and he tried to fire at them but he was out of ammo. They took him into the underground cave where they attacked him with their rifles and bayonets. Once his body was discovered it was hard for the unit to tell who it was. They saw that he was still wearing his dog tags. Afterwards he was shipped back to his hometown. The only one who was aware besides Al was Mike who went searching in the cave after hearing that al was looking for Ed. Ed's mother Edna had not received any news about him at that point. Back in the kitchen Al stood there all upset and confused after Lewis asked him about Ed. Lewis told Al about his days fighting in France. “I was sitting in the trenches. I met a fellow soldier who pulled me out after I was wounded.” While fighting off the German soldiers in the trenches, Lewis found himself shot in the arm but was treated by a French soldier. Al and Lewis heard a knock on the door and they saw it was Joan Hancock, an old friend of Mike and Al. She was doing interviews for those who had come back. She had also planned to interview Al’s family including peter. Her first interview was with Mike for the local newspaper for which she had been a reporter for six years. The next night, a special dinner was held for those who returned home in a hotel ballroom. Al took his whole family there and met with Thomas outside the ballroom. As they entered the ballroom Thomas was approached by Edna graham. Ed’s mother. “Excuse me, do you know where my son is?” She asked him. “Mrs. Graham, I'm sorry about your son.” He had told her. Edna knew what Thomas was about to say to her. She knew Thomas was saying that Ed had died. While Al and Dorothy were waiting for dinner he was still thinking about ed. When he got his dinner, which was steak, he began to have a short flashback of himself and others on the beach. There as he tried to save fellow soldiers he found himself wounded in his lower back. Despite this, he carried a few of his men to a safer side of the beach. He was later treated for his injury. But for Ike, he could not save any as one died in his arms. It was after he came home he went to the guy’s parents house to tell them what happened to their son. He was upset that he could not do more to save others. One day he would suffer a heart attack while visiting a park in the city. Several people saw him and took him to a hospital but he died the next morning. Mike later transferred into the army serving in Heartbreak Ridge. Upon returning home he and Barry both worked as teachers at a school down Charlotte. Moving back to 2000, Al is sitting in the hospital bed with Albert listening to him. “I love you.” That was the last thing Al said to Albert before succumbing to his illness. Albert warned the family about Al passing that afternoon.
By Forest Greenabout a year ago in Fiction
Big Gray Walls 1
On a warm spring morning in 2000, Allen Miller, or Al to others, wakes up struggling to walk downstairs. He had been battling an illness for a while. While on the steps he loses his balance and nearly his breath. After falling on the steps, he calls for his wife. “Dorothy, come in here” he shouts. Al’s wife of fifty six years Dorothy saw him slumped over by the steps and called for an ambulance. The ambulance arrived at the house, taking Al to the hospital. A doctor confirmed to Dorothy that Al’s illness had worsened in his seventy eighth body. He began thinking to himself about his life as he laid in a hospital bed. While sleeping, he gets a visit from his fifty four year old son Albert. He sees his father sleeping and sits in a chair next to Al. “Dad, can you hear me?” Albert said to him, but he was unresponsive as he continued to sleep while Albert spoke to him. Fed up with Al not listening to him, Albert decided to leave the room. Before he could exit, Al sees him and calls for him. “Son, did I ever tell you about my time overseas?” Albert sat back in his chair after Al said that to him. No, what happened over there? Albert asked him. Around February 1945, Al, his slightly older cousin Peter Miller and his high school classmate Barry Farris had been stationed in Montford Point. Another friend of his, Michael Wilson had been promoted to sergeant for their whole platoon. “I hope you’re ready for what’s coming.” Mike said to Al. Using a weekend pass, Al married Dorothy Scott with Barry being his best man. He did not have enough time to invite his parents Lewis and Maria or his siblings Olivia, Lydia, Claude and Gary. upon finding out about the wedding they were not too thrilled at first. Al was the second born after Gary and the other three followed Al. Upon his return from Okinawa, his parents planned a welcome home party for him. He walks into his old house where his parents still lived. His father had served in the previous war, fighting over in France where he was wounded. In attendance at the party were Barry, Peter, Mike and another childhood friend Thomas Roberts, a sailor. Thomas actually swam to the beach of the islands after his battleship had been exploded because of a Kamikaze plane crashing into it. He and most of the other sailors managed to jump out of the boat and swimmed all of the way to the beachheads. But on the way there some of the sailors did not make it because enemy soldiers were firing into the water. I saw that plane coming straight to us. But we had to get off of there before anything happened. Thomas said to Al. Another attendee was Isaac Stone who was sent to Okinawa with Al, Barry, Mike and Peter. He had also attended high school with Al, Dorothy, and Barry. Ike had dated Dorothy during their second year but had broken up during the following summer. Dorothy then met Al at a dance and began dating afterwards. That had Ike very mad and tried to start fights with Al, despite Dorothy’s plea for him to leave Al alone. At the party Ike continuously stared at Al who did not even notice his presence. “I don’t want any trouble here.” Lewis had warned Ike. Lewis was well aware of what Ike was doing and how he was towards Al in high school. After the party had ended, Lewis was reading a newspaper about the victory in okinawa. As he looked through the paper Lewis was shocked about what he was reading, the lives lost there. “Do you know what happened to Ed?” Lewis asked. “All I know is that they took him.” Al replied. The two were referring to Edward Graham who was in the same platoon with Al and grew up a few blocks away from him. One night in a foxhole in Okinawa, Al and Ed were sitting next to each other with their rifles in hand. “I’ll be right back,” Ed said to Al.
By Forest Greenabout a year ago in Fiction
