Personal Narrative Essay: The Vietnam War

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As I stood there exhausted holding a blank stare with my arms to my sides and the sound of mumbling in the background, I only heard three words of the entire training brief my supervisor gave us, “time for chow!” I immediately snapped back to it and walked in the same direction as my teammates. As I walked, I looked ahead of the group for the best place to get out of the 103-degree hot Texas sun. I seen a tree and a stump that would be great to rest my back on and it had plenty of shade. When I arrived at the stump, I set my rifle down and quickly took off my training gear that felt like an extra body hanging on my shoulders. At the same moment that I felt like I could take a break from the training day and let my guard down, I heard one of …show more content…

On the bright side, I did not have to endure the same old Hot Meals any longer. We also only had to eat MRE’s if it was the absolutely needed and that was not to common. While deployed, troops are able to eat at what we called a Chow Hall, know to civilians as a Cafeteria. It had every day options such as chicken, beef, and seafood dishes of various types. On top of that, we had free range of soda, snacks, and desserts at absolutely no cost to us. The meals and snacks changed regularly depending on the day and what base I was at. Some Chow Halls had special dinners where they served steak and lobster. The steak was cooked well done and the Lobster was chewy, but I never cared; I was just happy to eat a steak. The Chow Halls would normally be ran down, crowded, and it would be common see bugs and other creatures roaming around inside, but after a 12 hour work day, I felt as if I was eating at a five star restaurant. Even though there were so many choices at the Chow Hall, I started to think about how nice it would be to have a big, juicy, hamburger from a fast-food restaurant. I even made a list of all the places I was going to eat once I made it

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