Page 70 - Thorn In The Heart

Thorn In The Heart

Two T-28 fighter airplanes continued making the cycles,
checked their targets, take the positions for flying down to fire
onto the village. After they had released all the bombs, two B-26
bombers lost in the clouds, then two other B-26 bombers get in
position and prepare to bomb.

The thunder bombs and canons blasted on the village after
had howled in the air. They mixed with the sound of engine
airplanes to become the thunder growling of the death. The
ground had a tremendous shock then the flame and smoked
columns were rising into the air, while the people were
screaming in the village. Most of them left their home in a hurry,
ran at full speed on the roads toward any directions to find safety
in bombs and away from the battle zone. Much they got shot and
dead or wound without help on the road, while they were
running out of the village toward the paddy.

Nguyen and his grandparent lay down on the ground in
extremely afraid to die. They hid their heads between their arms,
stretching and trembling with fearing while two B-26 bomber
airplanes were howling over their heads after they release the
bombs.

Nguyen’s grandma always called "My God...! My God...!
Helps me please...!" In her beseeching words and extremely
afraid, she supplicated.

The bombs and canons were exploding and shook in the
large scan on the area, while Nguyen lay on the ground and
afraid in his grandpa's arms. Also, he tried to look at his
grandparent's house direction after he had heard his grandma
crying and said:

“Everything was burning down...!”

Nguyen saw the smokes and strong flame columns were
rising over the top of the trees. The broken pieces of the houses

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