A Few Days Before 'Christmas'

The following is a part of an E sent to friends by their son, just a few days before Christmas, he is serving in Afganistan, for the Second Tour there with a Tour In-Theater Iraq In-between those!

We have received Many Correspondence from In-Theater Troops, both Iraq and Afganistan, and most are Simple and To The point as this.
The rest of the E is personal, this part is the Reality!!!

"Tough to describe what an incoming rocket sounds like, but I woke up to that noise today. It doesn't sound anything like it does in a movie, though, if you can think of any times you've heard a rocket firing in a movie. The best way I can describe it is an old school bomb noise (which actually DO sound like they do in a movie when they're falling...) and a jet engine. Sort of a low pitch whine that decreases as the rocket gets closer to the ground. So here I was dreaming about something, and then WHOOSH--BOOM! Hell of a wake-up, and this one landed about 50 meters from my tent. Closest yet. I hope this isn't a sign; usually they just shoot at night and walk away, but they were bold enough this time to shoot during the day, knowing full well that our Apaches can get off the ground in about five minutes! Not trying to scare you, of course. Just giving you a heads-up on things over here."

A 'Very Un-Happy Holiday's and Un-Merry Christmas', from Iraq and Afganistan!!!!
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As long as we hate, there will be people to hate
:George Harrison: Musician, producer and composer, member of The Beatles, 1943-2001
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Democracy don’t rule the world, You’d better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that’s better left unsaid.
: Bob Dylan : American folksinger, b.1941
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James Starowicz
USN '67-'71 GMG3 Vietnam In-Country'70-'71 COMNAVFORV
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