Ulysses Dream by Tim White

Author:Tim White
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781633932944
Publisher: Koehler Books
Published: 2015-01-17T16:00:00+00:00

On Christmas morning, the NVA shelled the hell out of the village. Their accuracy was uncanny; they hit the Marine central bunker, taking out the lieutenant, and the villagers suffered terrible losses. That night they began to send teasers up and down the lines, looking for a weakness. They came from the south, east, and west and made it look like the north was the only way to escape. Then there was silence. Flares were set off, claymores were used, booby traps worked, and cries sounded out in the jungle. Then horns and whistles started to blow as a huge bombardment began on the village. The Marine firebase set away at a distance answered, but they were under severe attack also.

When Ulee peeked his head up, he could see the enemy advancing by the thousands on the north side. Ulee was scared because this was the stuff of nightmares. Ulee’s hands were trembling until he took a deep breath and let it out slowly, killing one invader after another with his Remington. Ulee’s friend dove and pushed him out of the bunker just before a huge explosion. Ulee was a brave man, but he literally wet his pants when a mortar hit right next to him, killing his friend Mack Truck.

The Ranger squad added so much to the defense. These guys were real heroes. The 50 calibers and their two mortars took out more advancing enemy than all the rest of the defenders together, and these Kennewick boys put themselves in harm’s way—saving life after life. Ulee was knocked on his butt and wounded by an explosion. One of the big Kennewick boys picked up Ulee by the collar and stood him up so he could get back in the fight. Ulee took a position and used his Remington 700. He didn’t remember missing—it was a target-rich environment. He was just too slow with that Remington. He had at least twenty kills—but it was nothing to the swarming enemy.

Ulee watched Luau stand up so his Marines could retreat from the wire to the center compound. The enemy must have shot Luau seven times with AK-47 rounds, as he just blew up. Ulee cried out, “Brother!” Their eyes met as Luau dropped to the ground dead. Ulee looked around at all the men who fought bravely; it was medieval: the cries, the yelling, the screams, the war sounds. He watched each of his men die heroic deaths. The fighting went on all day, and it was growing dark. The attacks still came, lasting through the night. It was down to just him and a few boys from Kennewick and a couple of Montagnard. The explosions were deafening.

The battle turned to brutal hand-to-hand combat when Ulee’s Remington was out of ammo and too slow to load. The pump-action shotgun became his weapon of choice. Finally, in the darkest part of the night, Ulee drew his 44 magnum, and six men were blown away. There was a moment of safety for Ulee after his 44 had shot the immediate threats.

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