1939, corporal Calvin Jackson is in his Higgins boat, it is the boat that transports the troops to the beaches of D-day. âWhat am I doing hereâ whispered said Calvin under his breath but his friend Pete heard him he looked at him and said âcome on you must have a reason to be here. Calvin didnât one day he was having a nerf with his little brother and then just had a crazy idea of what it would be like to be in the war that was about to start so he talked to his parents and registered in the Canadian army. He then got the rank of corporal, corporal Calvin Jackson.
He came back to present day when the boat hit a wave some people fell but got back up thatâs when Calvin heard it woooooeeeee sploosh a missile hit the water about two feet away from the boat water splashed over the seven-foot wall. âIf a missile could hit us that means we are pretty close to the beach,â Calvin thought. The navies couldnât tell it was such a foggy night just then the commander bellowed âI just got word that we are close. Get your big girl panties on you pretty princesses-â the captain stopped talking everybody followed the captains gaze the saw the outline of a big island the beaches of D-day as they got closer they could hear distant shouting then dink-pink-chink-kink there boat was getting shot at fear ran through Calvin he wanted to climb over the seven foot wall and swim as far as he can but someone already had that idea he started climbing over the wall he was half over then pat-pat-pat red liquid stated oozing from his body he met Calvinâs eyes the his body went limp and fell over the other side of the wall.
Sceesh the world seemed to stop the ramp fell down pat-pat-pat-pat bullets flew into the boat the people in front dropped dead Calvin kept on running he was expecting to get hit until he fell into the water knee deep he sprinted, he got to the edge of the beach he ran and dove behind a Czech hedgehog (big steel xâs meant to slow down tanks but the navyâs used them as shelter) he positioned himself behind the x pink-pink-pink they tried to shoot at Calvin but he was protected just then Pete dove beside him seconds after panting. âThen we just wait here I guess.â Acknowledged Pete
Calvin woke up, he had fallen asleep! He saw Pete beside him wide awake, it was dark now, there was a distant cry for a medic. âYou ready to goâ? asked Pete he nodded to a group of soldiers against the sea wall there were tanks sitting still fighting with the guns then Calvin and Pete got up and sprinted they felt the sand kick up behind him the Nazis saw them Calvin started running faster he didnât even know he could run that fast before he knew it, he was diving towards the sea wall. A couple of minutes later a tank shot at the wall they were through. âHere we come Nazisâ Calvin thought the group of soldiers were led by a commander. He ordered them to raid the first bunker. First, they through a grenade then started shooting their guns, and finally charged the found three Nazis that survived then took care of them.
They started walking in the direction of Berlin. After walking, eating their emergency rations, sleeping for four days, they finally saw the outline of a big city. Berlin. They started jogging the were for some reason excited then BANG the commander dropped dead. Calvin knew exactly what happened. Sniper. The group instinctively ran to a building; little did they know that that was the building the sniper was in. Calvin looked up, he saw a barrel pointing down he shouted, âlook outâ! But it was too late BANG a navy yelled in pain then click-click pat-pat. He saw the sniper fall backwards then looked over and saw Pete his face full of rage red liquid was running down his chest he got hit in the top of the shoulder Calvin saw his eyes swim for a second then he collapsed he went and knelt beside Pete his face was white as a ghost his eyes were just a bit open but he was breathing. A couple minutes after they heard rumbling, CHINK-CHINK-CHINK, a tank. Calvin peeked around the corner a massive Panzer they had to destroy, but it all the heavy gear they had was a sticky bomb. The group decided someone had to go out there a plant it and set it off with a grenade and take cover. Calvin gathered up all his fears and threw then away he said he will do it. He grabbed the explosives and ran straight towards a Panzer he felt something slam into his leg the explosives flew towards the tank and Calvin fell flat on his face and slid under the tank BOOM the explosion went off and everything went black. Calvin woke up in a medical bed on a boat with Pete on the next bed over relief came over Calvin he was going home!
Authors note: This was a short story I wrote in class. Thank you for reading my story.