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Personal Narrative-My First Bombs In The United States
The year was 2077 when the world fell into a deep darkness the world that I had once knew was gone. It was around 8 in the morning on a cold December day, when the first bombs had been dropped. What had been an average joyful December day turned into a nightmare filled with sadness and terror within a few matter of seconds. That same day the war between the United States,Russia,and China had began and ended when each country decided to launch their nuclear weapons at each other. Within minutes almost every major city on the East Coast including New york,Boston,Philadelphia,and Washington D.C were devastated leaving them to ruins and submerged with lethal doses of radiation. The earth once so beautiful and green was now dark and left to ashes. Thankfully due to my service in the military, I was able to …show more content…
At the time of the bombings I was stationed at the Nellis Air Force Base located in Nevada just North of Las Vegas. I was organizing papers when my Base commander dramatically announced, “this is it everyone the end is upon”.Not knowing what he meant by that I continued my work.A few seconds later I heard the alarm warning everyone that the U.S had been attacked. Confused and anxious everyone at the base went rushing to the commander for

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