I put Chloe s head down. Gently, I wave my hand over eyes, shutting them. I m so exhausted. It takes all my strength just to hold myself up. God, I m spent.
Medics begin tending to the wounded and the dead.
I make for the ridge, where the bulk of our forces are celebrating, resting, regrouping and grieving. The landing is a success. The day is ours. The enemy here has been eliminated, but what the enemy here was remains still a mystery to me. Clearly, they were men, or at least at one stage in their lives men.