Pale Moonlight
Planetoid
- Joined
- Feb 3, 2015
December 24, 1944
Bastogne, France
Captain Eric Miller hunched in the edge of the trees, surveying the German compound with his binoculars....and he didn't like what he saw. It was heavily guarded, and these weren't Wehrmacht troops roving the perimeter, but hardcore, battle seasoned Waffen SS. The snow that had been falling for days gave him some cover, but he doubted it would be enough to hide hi for long, once he started moving closer to where the prisoners were being held.
This is crazy, he thought to himself for the umpteenth time. What the Hell am I doing? I'm just one guy.
But he knew none of that mattered. He was going in, and he was going to rescue his friend....or die trying. The Brass had denied his request, saying they didn't have the manpower. The 107th Division had been under siege for days now, cut off from the outside, and they were running out of food, ammunition, and medical supplies. He knew they were right.
He also knew, he'd made a promise.
He and Bucky had grown up together in Queens, and had always looked out for each other. When the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor, they'd enlisted together the very next day. They'd served side by side, from North Africa, to Sicily, to Normandy Beach on D-Day, and then the long bitter slog across France. They'd saved each other's lives a dozen times over.
He wasn't going to let him rot in some Nazi Prison Camp. No way. Not after hearing the stories about what they were doing to POW's....
Eric pulled his .45 from it's holster and chambered a round, slipping it in back into the leather, and then pulled out his K-Bar. A knife was silent, and he was going to need every advantage he could get. Once he fired his weapon....it was over. They'd swarm him like rats. He had to get closer.....much closer....and do it quietly.
Maybe they're all getting drunk tonight, he hoped. Christmas Eve. It was a slim hope.....but it was the only hope he had. He slung his Thompson over his back, checked the grenades on his belt one last time, and then got up from his crouch and started moving in.
God....I know I'm not much for praying, he whispered silently, ...but I could sure use your help, right about now.
Bastogne, France
Captain Eric Miller hunched in the edge of the trees, surveying the German compound with his binoculars....and he didn't like what he saw. It was heavily guarded, and these weren't Wehrmacht troops roving the perimeter, but hardcore, battle seasoned Waffen SS. The snow that had been falling for days gave him some cover, but he doubted it would be enough to hide hi for long, once he started moving closer to where the prisoners were being held.
This is crazy, he thought to himself for the umpteenth time. What the Hell am I doing? I'm just one guy.
But he knew none of that mattered. He was going in, and he was going to rescue his friend....or die trying. The Brass had denied his request, saying they didn't have the manpower. The 107th Division had been under siege for days now, cut off from the outside, and they were running out of food, ammunition, and medical supplies. He knew they were right.
He also knew, he'd made a promise.
He and Bucky had grown up together in Queens, and had always looked out for each other. When the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor, they'd enlisted together the very next day. They'd served side by side, from North Africa, to Sicily, to Normandy Beach on D-Day, and then the long bitter slog across France. They'd saved each other's lives a dozen times over.
He wasn't going to let him rot in some Nazi Prison Camp. No way. Not after hearing the stories about what they were doing to POW's....
Eric pulled his .45 from it's holster and chambered a round, slipping it in back into the leather, and then pulled out his K-Bar. A knife was silent, and he was going to need every advantage he could get. Once he fired his weapon....it was over. They'd swarm him like rats. He had to get closer.....much closer....and do it quietly.
Maybe they're all getting drunk tonight, he hoped. Christmas Eve. It was a slim hope.....but it was the only hope he had. He slung his Thompson over his back, checked the grenades on his belt one last time, and then got up from his crouch and started moving in.
God....I know I'm not much for praying, he whispered silently, ...but I could sure use your help, right about now.