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lodged itself in a boulder on the other side.  There were two men in the cab of each truck and the backs of the trucks were still covered but it was assumed there would be at least one man in the back of each at a minimum.  The two men in the rear truck were taken out by snipers, single shot through the windshield.  The sniper rifles were silenced so the only thing that was really heard was breaking glass.  The two men in the front truck heard the glass and stuck their heads out to look to see what the noise was and were quickly dispatched with shots to the head.
                  That now left who ever might be left in the back of the trucks, Major Clayton had arrived when they started to clear the back, as one of the rear flaps was lifted a shot rang out from the back of the rear truck.  Quickly the team members cleared the back killing the occupants in each.  Those men with Geiger’s climbed up to verify that the boxes in the back were still exhibiting signs of some radiological, they did. 
                  Master Sergeant Dognillo got a head count when they realized, where was the Major?  The last anyone saw was that he was approaching the rear vehicle, didn’t anyone see him?  You didn’t see anything when you got out of the back of the truck? It was still dark they said and didn’t really think to look. Dognillo chewed out their asses left and right, “You’re Tier One operators! You’re supposed to notice everything!”
                  They hurriedly returned to the rear of the last truck and didn’t see anything immediately, “See I told ya.” said Teamster the Weapons Sergeant.  Dognillo looked harder down the road, “Wait, there’s something in the road, bout hundred yards down.”
                  “That’s some damn good eyesight there top.” said Blocker the team Executive Officer. 
                  They moved cautiously to what was in the road, they couldn’t tell right off whether or not it was a body, which was odd given the fact they did have night vision equipment.  Within seventy-five feet they could plainly see it was a body and that of the Major.
                  “Doc!” Dognillo yelled. “Get your ass back here now.”
                  Doc grabbed his A-Bag and ran down the road, he found Major Clayton down on his back with a gunshot wound to his upper chest, but he was still alive.  Master Sergeant Dognillo got the rest of the team members moving, they got the trucks backed up and ready to move out to the Rally Point where their ride home was waiting.
                  “Doc, can he be moved?” asked Blocker. “Cuz we gotta go.”
                  Docs nodded, “Yeah, let’s get him in back of one of the trucks.  He’s stable now.”
                  They lifted the Major into the back of the first truck as there was blood all over the back of the second one.  Doc hooked up an IV and checked the bandages he had applied, he was thinking, “C’mon Major you can do it.”
     

Chapter Six
     
    Major Clayton woke up hooked up to all sorts of contraptions; he didn’t remember much other than being punched in the chest. Now he was flat on his back in a hospital bed hooked up to all sorts of what looked like monitoring machines and a big bandage around his chest.
                  He found the nurse call button and pushed it, within moments a nurse came in, “Glad to see your awake finally.” She said.
                  “Where am I?”
                  “Landstuhl.” Was her only reply.  Major Clayton understood it to mean Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, US Army in Germany.               
                  “How long have I been here?”
                  “About a week. You were brought in from Bagdad. I’ll notify your Doctor that you’re awake now, she should be in shortly.