“Larry,” Brooks asked. He sounded pissed. “Whatever possessed you to go straight through that meadow?”
“Lieutenant Brooks,” Caldwell said sarcastically, defensively, “my mission was to take my force east as best and as quickly as I could.”
“Your primary mission, Lieutenant Caldwell, is to insure the safety of your people. Moving east was secondary. You needlessly exposed yourself and your platoon in that meadow.”
“I did what I thought best, Sir,” Caldwell said tauntingly.
“Well, f**k it. You’d better start thinking differently, because, that was not the best.”
Cherry moved down to just above the river’s edge. 1st Plt was behind him preparing themselves for the crossing. Cherry stripped naked. His crotch was still sore and inflamed. The infections on his arms were about the same. His a
