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"As the second burst of machine-gun fire tore the air with its deadly rhythm, Jorgi clutched his stomach and fell to the floor, curling his body into a tight ball around the pain that exploded through his gut."

"All that was left was not pools of water in the sun, but piles of dead and dying men, some crying out for their mothers with their last breaths."

"At the same time I felt a tremendous pressure inside my ears, but heard nothing, and it seemed the whole world had erupted silently into flames of orange-and-black smoke."

"One last thing happened in 1968. The mail man brought me a letter on December 31, postmarked from Canada. It said, in cut-and-pasted newspaper letters,Peace."

"I didn't sleep much that night, worrying about Edward.I couldn't bear the thought of his going to jail, or going to Vietnam and maybe coming back right away, either in bandages or in a box."

" Its all about how to evacuate our major cities when the Communists bombs start falling."

"Tat-tat-ta
I flinch at the shots, suddenly terrified to be alone on the street at twilight. I run, stopping at corners, scanning the sky line until I stop the Dorado."

"I never seen the army make it so real. Look, this time they have even painted the planes like Japanese."

War can happen anywhere, any day and anytime. What would you do if all of a sudden you heard bombs being thrown from the sky and not knowing why its happening?

How will you feel if you got pulled out of your home and sent to war?