The instant I said that, it was incredible! Everything around me became quiet, the ground stopped shaking, there was no noise, except for my breath and thoughts
I could see the lights and smoke of the explosion so I knew it wasn't over, but I felt...safe. Like there was an angel with his wings around me, and everything was far away. I couldn't believe it. When the explosions finally stopped and I felt the veil lift. I looked up out of my trench. All the trenches around me were collapsed, I could see shards of wood impaled in the mud, craters, but all around me was a circle of untouched ground.
An officer's wife, called the wives of the men in the camp to tell them that their husbands had died. Your Grammie was Inconsolable.
In Vietnam it could be days before you could call somebody, it took several days, all of which Grammie thought I was dead. Finally, I got a call.
I didn't know that Grammie had been told I was dead, So I didn't know why she screamed when I called. She told me through the tears. She cried and cried. I laughed...she didn't laugh but I laughed.