Sniper Ridge by Healey David

Author:Healey, David
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Intracoastal
Published: 2020-07-24T00:00:00+00:00

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Two days after Don Hardy had finished typing his opus on a borrowed typewriter, the result finally made it back to headquarters in the form of the newspaper. A few copies always found their way even to the front lines, and these were passed around. Lieutenant Ballard came through camp with a copy tucked under one arm. What stood out was the fact that Ballard was whistling.

"What's he so happy about?" Cole wondered.

"Oh, he's famous now," Pomeroy said, walking up from the other direction. "Or I ought to say that you're famous—there's a picture of you taking a shot with Ballard leaning over your shoulder."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah. That reporter fella was busy taking lots of pictures when we attacked that ridge."

What article didn't say was that the next day, the Chinese had taken back the ridge, pouring out of the network of defensive tunnels and trenches to overwhelm the attackers. Counter-attacks were surely being planned, but no one was eager for them.

Nobody was surprised. This was how the war in Korea worked, trading hilltops back and forth as the bodies piled up and the letters went home to the families of the dead.

With the two armies facing each other across the ridges, the enemy sniper had also gone back to work.

Orders came down for Cole. The enemy sniper had to be eliminated.

It was Lieutenant Ballard who brought him the news, along with a box of ammunition that he handed to Cole.

“Take him out,” the lieutenant said.

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