Wages of War
Jared Fontenot
Gut-wrenching fear overtook the one-hundred and first platoon on board the Higgins boat
as they approached the Normandy seawall. Their fear emanated from the thunderous sounds of
unforgiving mortar strikes pounding the first wave of infantry. Screams of pain sprung from the
mouths of wounded soldiers. The one-hundred and first knew that fear was what they feared the
most. Pain and agony decimated their brothers as they stormed the heavily fortified beachfront of
Normandy. The soldiers only hoped that their fate would be different. Knowing the wages of
war, every soldier of the one-hundred and first gladly enlisted in the military to prot V7BF