MEDAL OF HONOR 1

THE HEAVY THUNDER STRUCK ONTO THE GROUND, CAUSING THE WHOLE PLACE TO VIBRATE VIGOROUSLY AS THE HEAVY DOWNPOUR WAS ALMOST CLOSE TO A THUNDERSTORM.I JUMPED OFF MY BED AS THE CONSTANT LOUD LIGHTNINGS KEPT ON REMINDING ME OF MY PAST, MY DREADFUL PAST.I GOT UP AND MADE MY WAY TO THE KITCHEN TO MAKE MYSELF A HOT CUP OF COFFEE AND MANEUVERED TOWARDS MY LIVING ROOM TO HAVE A WARM, COMFORTABLE SEAT ON MY COUCH. KURT CADDAMAN CAINSKI (TAI AND ARMAN SOLVE THIS YOU ILLITERATE PIECE OF SHITS)THE LIGHTNING AND THUNDER STRUCK AT ME AS I LOOKED AT THE FRAMED PICTURE HUNG ON THE WALL RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.A PICTURE THAT WAS FULL OF DISAPPOINTMENT, FULL OF LIES, AN UNTOLD TRUTH. THE PICTURE THAT WAS ALL JUST A MISTAKE.A PICTURE OF ME RECEIVING THE MEDAL OF HONOR FROM THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF.THE PICTURE OF ME RECEIVING THE MEDAL WITH A FACE FILLED WITH SADNESS WITH MY EYES FILLED WITH TEARS, TEARS THAT THE REST THOUGHT WERE TEARS OF JOY,WHILE THE REST WERE SO OVERJOYED.THE PICTURE THAT TOOK ME BACK TO MY PAST, TO WHO I REALLY WAS, TO WHO I REALLY AM.

GOING BACK TO 1975, I WAS TEN THEN WHEN MY MOM GOT TAKEN AWAY BY CANCER, WITH JUST ME, MY DAD AND MY ELDER BROTHER MAXIMILIAN BENJAMIN.MY DAD WAS A WAR HERO, AN EXAMPLE OF A PERFECT MAN, STRICT, DISCIPLINED AND CARES A LOT ABOUT ME AND MY BROTHER.MAX ON THE OTHER HAND, IS JUST LIKE MY DAD, BEING EXTREMELY OBSESSED WITH FOOTBALL, A SPORTS ENTHUSIAST, LOVES HUNTING AND ALL THOSE MANLY STUFFS.AS FOR MYSELF, IM NOTHING LIKE THEM, IM MORE OF A RESERVED PERSON.MORE OF A LOSER WITH NO INTENTION TOWARDS SPORTS, ALWAYS LOCKED MYSELF IN THE ROOM.EMOTIONALLY WEAK WAS WHO I WAS AND STILL AM.SINCE MY DAD WAS A WAR VETERAN,A RETIRED HERO, A GENERAL MAJOR THOMAS BENJAMIN, HE DECIDED TO CALL UP HIS OLD PAL .GOD KNOWS WHAT FOR BUT I WAS ANXIOUS AND CURIOUS TO KNOW THE REASON OF HIS ACTIONS.AFTER A HALF AN HOUR CHAT, HE WENT BACK INTO HIS ROOM TILL THE NEXT DAY,THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE.MAJOR HANK CAME UP TO OUR HOUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN, ONLY TO BRING ME WITH HIM, TO A MILITARY BASE, TO ENROLL ME INTO THE ARMED FORCE. TO MAKE ME, A PIECE OF JUNK, A COWARD, A SOFT AND WEAK BASTARD JOIN THE MILITARY.I CRIED AND BEGGED AND BEGGED MY DAD TO NOT TO THIS, TO PUT AN END TO THIS, BUT NO, HE HAD TO DO IT WITH HIS ROCK HARD HEART.

I WAS BROUGHT TO THE TENNESSEE BASE FOR THE ENROLLMENT.EVERYONE THERE WERE SO HUGE, SO BUFF AND MUSCULAR WITH EXCELLENT PHYSIQUE AND ALL HAD WAS A SKINNY,THIN PHYSIQUE.AND WE WERE SEPARATED AND SEGREGATED ACCORDING TO THE BIRTH DATES INTO DIFFERENT MESSES AND GROUPS.THE TRAINING TOO HAD STARTED THAT TIME AS I WAS THE ONLY ONE FAILING EVERY SINGLE ATTEMPT.EVERYONE STARTED BULLYING ME, RAGGING ME MENTALLY , PHYSICALLY AND WHATNOT. I WAS ABUSED IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY BACK IN THE BASE ALMOST EVERYDAY. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME OF MY LIFE THAT I HAD FELT USELESS AND HAD NO FUNCTION TO ANYONE OR ANYWHERE.ONE DAY, THE MAJOR SHOWED UP IN THE BASE AND ALL OF US WERE ORDERED TO BE AT EASE. HE CAME UP TO ME AND ORDERED ME TO MEET HIM PERSONALLY.I WENT INTO HIS OFFICE WHICH HE RARELY VISITS AND CLOSED THE DOOR.HE IMMEDIATELY OUT OF NOWHERE STARTED ATTACKING ME WITH SUCH ANGER WHILE THROWING OUT SUCH HURTFUL WORDS SAYING YOU ARE NOT YOUR FATHER'S SON, YOU'RE USELESS, YOU ARE GOOD FOR NOTHING, WHY ARE YOU EVEN STILL ALIVE, YOU BETTER DEAD AND YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO YOUR FATHER AND HE WENT ON PUNCHING.AFTER ALL THAT, I WAS ON THE GROUND AND HE DRAGGED ME OUT AND JUST THREW ME AT THE REST AND SAID THE LAST THING I HEARD BEFORE PASSING OUT, "SHOW HIM HOW A MILITARY OFFICER IS" AND I SAW THE REST OF THEM NEARING ME WITH THEIR CLINCHED FIST.

I WOKE UP WITH BRUISES AND SWELLS ALL OVER MY BODY WITH A GLIMPSE OF MY DAD'S DISAPPOINTED FACE WALKING OUT OF THE ROOM.I FELT LIKE STRANGLING MYSELF TO DEATH, LIKE KILLING MYSELF RIGHT THERE AND THEN.THAT'S WHEN I MET JOHN, THE TOPPER OF ALL THE TRAININGS AND ACTIVITIES, THE BEST IN THE WHOLE DAMN BASE. HE WAS SITTING ON A CHAIR BESIDE MY BED WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE.HE WAS THE ONLY ONE TO APPROACH ME NORMALLY AND NOT ABUSIVELY.HE ASSISTED ME THROUGHOUT MY RECOVERY.HE WAS THERE TO ADVISE ME, TO MOTIVATE ME, TO MAKE ME REALIZE WHAT IT MEANT TO PROVE THEM ALL WRONG ABOUT WHO THEY THINK I AM AS A WEAKLING WHICH I ACTUALLY WAS. WE SOON STARTED TRAINING TOGETHER AND EVERYDAY.I WAS BEGINNING TO SHOW EXCELLENT PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE TRAINING.I BECAME ONE OF THE BEST JUST WITHIN MONTHS WITH JOHN.NO ONE WERE BULLYING ME OR ABUSING ME VERBALLY OR PHYSICALLY OR WHATSOEVER.MAJOR SHOWED UP ONCE AGAIN IN THE BASE BUT THIS TIME WITH THE NEWS THAT WOULD SHOCK OUR LIVES FOREVER.HE CAME IN WITH AN UNHAPPY FACE AND STOOD AT THE TOP BALCONY JUST OUTSIDE THE OFFICE BUILDING.HE SAID,HE SAID THAT VIETNAM HAS DECLARED WAR AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.THE VIETNAM WAR WAS WHAT IT WAS CALLED.WE ALREADY KNEW WHAT HES WAS GOING TO SAY NEXT AND WE QUITE DIDN'T LIKE IT.

HE HAD ASSIGNED OUR TEAM TO EXECUTE AN AMBUSH ATTACK ON THE MAIN VIETNAMESE HIDEOUT.THE HIDEOUT WAS LOCATED DEEP IN THE HEART OF THE VIETNAMESE THICK FOREST.WE QUICKLY ASSEMBLED IN THE MEETING ROOM AND STARTED DISCUSSING AND PLANNING THE ATTACK TO END THE WAR FOR ONCE FOR ALL.WE HAD THE UPPER HAND IN THIS WAR AS OUR AMMUNITIONS, WEAPONS, ARMORY AND EVERYTHING ELSE WERE SO MUCH BETTER THEN THEIR'S.BUT SINCE IT WAS AN AMBUSH TYPE ATTACK, WE HAD THE SURPRISE ELEMENT. IT WAS A PERFECT PLAN EXECUTE THE ATTACK AT A VERY FAST AND "UNDER THE RADAR" PACE.NOT MUCH OF WEAPONS WERE NEEDED FOR THIS PLAN AS THE INFORMATION GIVEN TO US BY THE INFORMER WAS THAT THEY ARE LOW QUANTITY AND QUALITY IN THE ASPECTS OF WEAPONS AND DEFENSES EQUIPMENTS .HENCE, WE JUST PLANNED TO BRING A FEW GRENADES AND AN SMG WITH TWO ROUNDS OF BULLETS.EVERYONE WERE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY PREPARED TO FACE THE REALITY. THE REALITY OF DYING IN THE WAR.BUT THE INFORMER'S INFORMATION WAS SUPPORTIVE TO OUR SIDE.AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS, WE WERE SEPARATED INTO 8 TEAMS TO AMBUSH FROM ALL 8 DIRECTIONS.JOHN WAS THE OPERATION'S LEADER AND ONLY HE AS WELL AS THE TEAM LEADERS OF THE 8 TEAMS HAD A COMMUNICATION DEVICE.WE LANDED 100 KILOMETERS AWAY FROM THE VIETNAMESE WAR BASE OR HIDEOUT OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT.WE WENT ON ACCORDING TO OUR PLAN WITH ALL THE TEAMS MOVING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS TO SURROUND THE HIDEOUT.