George, happy you made it back though I know memories can be hard on you...but it also made you who are today, a good friend, a good writer & someone who always gives us his best...-e-

You've laid some heavy thoughts on me, George. In war is it wiser to be a sharpshooter or a random shooter? Good question. I don't have the answer.

When I saw the title I was thinking about all the drunks out there. But as I read, I found that I was reading about the "fog" of war… A kind of drunkenness in itself. Certainly, amid the din of battle, the best laid plans of the brass and their orders go unheard. The idea of just blindly shooting one's rifle in the general directions of the enemy characterizes the "waste" of war.

I'm glad that you survived the experience to be able to report it to us. And I'm also glad that I never had to be ordered to push forward in a battle like that with no enemy in sight, only bullets flying by my head and that awful noise.

Ron

the noise is deafening I agree, hard to even sleep at first when you could. thank you for all you did

Can't say it any better than Jane. This was an excellent write. I was never in the service, and I can't begin to fathom what it must be like. Thank you.

Michael D.

Thank you for your service to this country, George!!!! The risks taken in war..............I can do nothing but be amazed by the courage!

Love ya!

Jane