Lincoln was sitting with his Grand father and Jimmy the two where talking about there old days when they were Nam " So have you talked to anyone else from the old days ?" Albert asked him as he took a drink from a Budweiser bottle " Yeah Jacob but me you and him are the only ones left everyone else is gone" Jimmy said in a sad tone.
This caused Albert to look down in sadness hearing that him and Two of his old war buddies where the only ones left alive. " so you bought the boat?" Albert asked his friend " Yeah a couple of years back found the old girl fixed her up and made her sea worthy again" Jimmy said to his friend " Haha good to see that your still up and going Jimmy" Albert said to his friend. The War Vets spent there time talking about what they did and how there lives went on even after they came back from Nam.
Lincoln looked at his Grand father and his friend talk about there younger days Lincoln couldn't help but smile at the sight. After about two hours the guns show was closing Jimmy gave Albert and Lincoln a ride to the hotel they where staying at " Thanks Jimmy " Albert said to his friend " Sure no problem hey how about tomorrow I'll take you boys to breakfast my treat" Jimmy said to his old friend " Sure I wouldn't mine" Albert said to his friend and the two walked inside.
Back in Royal woods Luna and the rest of her sisters where watching TV well trying to watch TV they where flipping through the channels " Uh There is literally nothing on" Lori said with annoyed tone As they flipped through the channels " Ah Ah" Lily said as she tried to get remote from her older sister.
Lori smiled at her little sister " Okay Lilly here you go" Lori said as she handed her baby sister the remote. Lily smiled and pressed a button on the remote. the channel that it was on.
It showed a man in his late sixties " Well when I was In Nam I joined the marine corps me and my friends joined because are Dads Fought in World War 2 Europe and the pacific so we thought let's make are families proud" the Vietnam veteran says " Well any way I Was in Khe Sanh back then and this new guy came into are unit he was in the navy but joined the Marines to impress in his girlfriend his Name Was Albert but everyone knows him as Al" the man said as he pulled out a picture of him and his friends.
The loud sisters where surprised to see there grandfather but much younger in the picture in military gear holding a rifle. " the marines at Khe Sanh where out numbered and the battle lasted from January 21 to July 9 of 1968 Albert who was new to the Marine Corps had combat experience as a gunner on a navy patrol boat a year before" the narrator said as the screen went back to the old man " me and Albert and a couple of the guys where drinking beer and talking about what we would do when we got back home just as we where talking just then Artillery shell came in and hit the tarmac. The man said as footage showed marines where running towards there position.
" they caught us by surprised hell we just relaxing and they caught us by surprise" The man said as he stopped to catch his breath " we moved to the right side of the base where the NVA troops where moving in Albert Manned the 50cal. That was on a small mound we built and opened up He was pissed" the man said the screen changed to marines moving wounded into small bunkers and F-4 Phantoms dropping bombs.
" Me and three others where wounded I was shot in the leg and in my shoulder and two times in my chest the other two had shrapnel in them from an RPG that hit between them " The man said as the screen showed a marine holding and M60 machine gun.
" Albert was rescued his three friends before they could killed and moved them to a medical station before returning to the Line by the time the battle had ended Albert had rescued some twenty men and was a legend for destroying Three soviet made tanks at the battle Albert Actions earned him a recommendation for the medal of honor but he turned it down and left this statement ' This medal meant a lot to my father but the men that died here should be the ones getting this medal all i want is to do my time here and then leave this war behind' was the powerful statement that he left behind after the battle Khe Sanh " the Narrator said.
The Loud sisters continued to watch the documentary late into the night until it was over hoping to find out more about there grand father.
( Sorry if this is short but i hope you like it)