Jen's Solidier Story

It seemed like it was raining all the time. We also had to cross many rivers. I would hate crossing rivers I hate crawfish, they just freak me out -jennifer parker 3/31/09 11:02 AM... I agree but if i did cross i would probably run. -Julianna DeNicola 4/1/09 2:28 PMWe had to climb a steep ridgeline dividing the Lunga and Tenaru valleys using ropes that we each carried and then linked together. We found an artillery piece that had been shelling Henderson Field. It was nicknamed "Pistol Pete." Several men took it apart and threw it over a cliff.
We came upon a Japanese field hospital and bivouac area. We killed a lot of Japs. I finally understand what a jap is now. In my story thats what they were called and it didn't click. -Julianna DeNicola 4/1/09 2:29 PMWe bayoneted and shot anything that was still moving.
This reminds me of a packet we had to read for homework in Military history. It was about the Philipeans and the U.S. soldiers said that they killed anything that was moving. -jennifer parker 3/31/09 11:06 AM It was a series of grass huts. They were on the ground wounded. Several had broken legs. It didn't look like they had proper medical attention, because some were bent on a 45-degree angle. They weren't sticking straight out. We were back in Japanese territory and didn't want to make noise, so we used bayonets. I was pretty angry. We had a patrol, and they captured one of our men and tied him over a log and used him as a woman. They rammed a bayonet up his butt and he bled to death. I think thats just a little too far, thats sooo nasty! -jennifer
Aww thats awful! -Julianna DeNicola 4/1/09 2:30 PMparker 3/31/09 11:10 AM
That made me angry! So whenever I'd get into action, I'd get angry. I wasn't afraid when I was angry. We all felt that way after what we had seen.
After we left the area, we went up around Mount Austen. They ambushed us on the top. We had one man wounded. We carried him out; it was a long way down the mountain. We had jungle rot on our crotch and down our legs so bad that we had to stop every once in a while to empty the blood out of our shoes. Nasty. I really dont want to go into the miitary from rading this about jungle rot -jennifer parker 3/31/09 11:12 AM It was painful. When you're in the field like that, you go, and you can't worry about pain.
The Raiders were a very special group. They're all volunteers. They were very select. We were interviewed by Evans Carlson or Jimmy Roosevelt. Roosevelt interviewed me and asked me if I was afraid to die. I said, "Anybody not afraid to die is a fool. But I would if it came to that. I wouldn't hesitate." He passed me.