Everything from Airfix HO scale to the generic green Army men from the grocery store. A jumble of leftover driveway chunks and poured concrete from some house remodeling served as my Iwo Jima, Anzio, Normandy, Kasserine Pass, and whatever other battle me and my friends could think of.Īnd we had hundreds, if not thousands of soldiers. I’ve written many times about my memories of playing with toy soldiers alongside my driveway so many years ago. Tanks have all sorts of special sensors! In fact…. When did that come up? Now you’re just making stuff up as you go along!” “What? You’re crazy! No one ever said anything about ‘infrared’. “No, you’re an idiot! My tanks have infrared heat detectors, so they can see them. ‘They’re hiding under rocks and in ditches.’ How hard is that to understand?” In real life they’d be dug in, not laying on flat ground. My guys could have just laid there and watched them roll on by.” “No way! They were dug in behind those boulders. The other boy reached for the soldiers, now tossed to the side. “ Those guys are totally dead! They’re just laying there, behind a few pebbles. “Hang on boys! Here we go again!” You’re Dead! No I’m Not! Grabbing a few as though they were toys, the men were tossed to the side in a most inglorious fashion. A giant hand emerged from the hazy sky, reaching down towards the soldiers. Looking up, the men’s eyes grew wide in terror. Shaking his head, the grizzled squad leader thought to himself… “ Hold tight. Over.” A brief bit of static, and the voice came back. Holding out his hand, the radioman placed the receiver in his palm. Vague outlines were now visible in the swirling dust – tanks. Withdrawing his binoculars from their case, he carefully scanned the horizon. Their skills honed to a fine point by continual war, the soldiers moved quickly, shielding themselves from both view and incoming fire behind boulders, in the crags of rocks, and down gullies. Looking back over his shoulder, the squad leader made a quick hand signal – take cover. They knew what that meant – the enemy was approaching. Looking ahead of them, the soldiers could vaguely see a line of dust on the horizon.
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