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Thorn In The Heart
Trung-Thanh walked into the living room. He felt on the
sofa while his children lay their head on his thighs.
He took a deep sigh and looked through the window.
“Yes... I survived to be home today. A lot of people lost
their lives in this battle.”
My-Trinh was sitting on the floor closing his legs and
looked upon his right shoulder.
“What do you feel now on your right shoulder?”
“It is not bad now. It will be normal after a few months.”
“Why it is so long...!...?”
“A badly wound...! A piece of cannon shell punched deep in
my up chest, broke my shoulder and was on over my chest.”
“Father. How you could survive with the seriously
wounded?” Asked, Nguyen.
Trung-Thanh looked at his son and smile.
“From nowhere Corporal Tran-Van-To rushed to my place
after I had felt on the drained bank while I tried to hide Vietminh
troops. They were overwhelming the firebase and set fire on
everything.”
“Father. Vietminh soldiers do not kill him?”
“They will kill both of us... If they see him pulling me in the
drain water and throughout the heavy barbed-wires of the
firebase,” Trung-Thanh replied while he looked at his wife
continue.
“The barbed-wire cut my back few times because he pulled
me over it in the dark until we hit the minefield.”
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