Personal Narrative: A Day In The Military

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The morning of December 8th, I was setting on the bonks with a friend passing time when I heard on the radio about the surprise military strike by imperial japanese Navy air service against the United states. They said it was based on pearl harbor, hawaii territory. MY buddy and I listened and though They said “Keep off the streets, Get your car off the streets Do not use the telephone. This is an order. Anyone refusing to comply will be dealt with by the Army” at that moment we new nothing would be the same . We sat and cried and went to get people off the streets to tell them the news and make sure they were ok. When I went outside there were people running around like a chicken with it’s head chopped off. It was very hectic and loud,

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