Reporting From Behind Enemy Lines (June 5 1944)

Here I am..........all alone..........behind the German front in the French countryside. The plan was that the American Airborne Division (a bunch of paratroopers who jumped out of planes straight into the enemy) would drop behind the enemy occupied Omaha beach. This of course is the night prior to D-Day, our invasion to the northern French coast. We are then going to flank the Germans and secure Chambois (a strong German post in France). I was sure our division, being completely untested and never been in real combat before, was bound to fail. Well first of all, our main pilot was a complete novice and it seemed he had only flown a plane once so I knew were off on a wrong start. To make it even worse, he had one blind eye! How would they let HIM become a pilot?!?!?! Since he has a HUGE blind spot (because of his limited sight and not to mention this was a night drop) we flew straight over a large group of AA (anti-aircraft) guns. I think you can guess what happened next. Our left wing was clipped and we were going down for sure. We had only two options: to either jump off now before our drop zone or to crash, landing in flames and die. Of course we took option one and the thirty two of us jumped off. It was AMAZING falling through the sky and seeing all of us float to the ground so gracefully, although this is not a graceful time at all. A gust of wind blew me far left straight into the AA gun nest. Turns out it was in an grape orchard so I had little cover and absolutely no idea where I am or where any of my comrades are. My only option? Lay low behind these barrels of wine and then eventually hope to find my mates. OH NO! I hear a group of drunk Germans coming over here to get more wine!!!!!!!! Now I know that there is no need to panic because for one, I have a gun and second of all they seem pretty drunk, buuuuuuut it turns out I lost my gun in the drop. My hands have all of a sudden started to vigorously shake and sweat to trickle down my face. I have never killed a man and now I have to do it with my bare hands!?!?!?! I don't think I can do it...............I hope everyone knows how terrifying it was to be an American Paratrooper behind enemy lines.....................

I chose this one because..... I put a LOT of effort into it and I really worked hard to "flow" and prove a point. I think I deserve a 5ish.