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The Importance Of Mission Briefing
It was a sunny morning in 1944, me and my team were stationed in Belgium. This was the day we were all going to check out and area around bastogne. We were halfway done with our mission briefing when private Malarkey runs in telling us that we have to leave immediately because the base was under attack. We all ran to our airplanes like we have practiced and trained for more than a dozen times. We completed the check and soon were up in the air. For a brief moment the air was clear with no airplanes in sight. There was smoke around the medical area and the dining facility. Soldiers were scattered throughout. From up high I could see areas which bombs left a hole. As I dived in my Mustang due to bullets coming from above I saw many dead soldiers.
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