Victory Point by Ed Darack

Author:Ed Darack
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin USA, Inc.
Published: 2011-12-08T17:15:19+00:00

Word of the Marines’ magnanimity quickly spread throughout the valleys surrounding Nangalam, including the Shuryek. During a patrol in late June, while assessing the need for a MEDCAP in the village of Matin, a quiet, slightly built man approached Bartels, extending his hand in a show of friendship as he drew a confident grin. Matt shook the villager’s hand, then began to introduce himself, but the local cut him off. “Commander Matt!” the villager blared, nodding excitedly. “Commander Matt!” Through Sultan, the lieutenant learned the villager’s name: Gulab; Mohammad Gulab Khan, of the village of Salar Ban.

“He says he’s scared to talk to the Americans. He hasn’t had good experiences with them from Asadabad, but he knows of what you have done with the Nangalam Girls’ School, and he and the other villagers of Salar Ban want to know you,” Sultan translated.

“Tell him that he’s welcome anytime. He is our friend now. Come to Camp Blessing. Our home is his home.”

“Yes . . . yes . . . yes!” Gulab exclaimed after Sultan translated Matt’s words. “My friend! My friend! My friend!” As the convoy roared back to Blessing, Matt felt a deep sense of gratitude for the unexpected rewards of his deployment in Afghanistan. And those gains would extend broadly through the region—beyond the Marines themselves—inspiring feelings of goodwill for American forces of all services.

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