Cemetery Street

2200 We're digging again. This time more artillery. Brigade feels that tomorrow morning it is. A buddy of mine at HQ says they're as sure as shit. Tension is thick. There's been a few cases of guys breaking. Seems my trick of visiting everyone's holes is paying off. Mitchell the only one who's acting different. But who's complaining, it's a treat not to hear his whiny voice. He's pulling more than his share.

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Jan 17th, 1991

0300 Something's up! For the last ten or so minutes fighters have been screaming northward. Explosions in the distance! Occasional flashes of the horizon. The air force is delivering ordinance, but on what side of the border?

0315 The war has started - it's our doing. Air force is bombing into Iraq and Kuwait. We're on alert, expecting spoiling attack.